Mar 31, 2019
A monk walking behind the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, Gansu
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A monk walking behind the Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, Gansu
Colourful prayer wheels at Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, Gansu
Labrang monastery in Xiahe
Monks’ shoes, Xiahe
What hangs on tiers of prickled wires to make a raging mind picture nirvana between their holes, Shangri-La in each square of air?
Fiona Sze-Lorrain, “Dusty Citadel” (1-4), The Ruined Elegance
This is where you wash in the blood of fallen kings.
Fiona Sze-Lorrain, “Dusty Citadel” (6-7), The Ruined Elegance
Labrang Monastery, 1955 Doors sealed. Night. He resembles a tiger waking up from a nightmare. Winds change. The sky throws his roar. He reaches a bridge and tramples it down. Rushing north. He throws the sky back, thrusts his claws into iron bricks. The bridge does not collapse, its every bone shown. Cicadas hiss. He starts to lick a rectangular corpse. Doors open. Morning hides its feet. He resembles a scar with no trace of blood, the last shard of a massacre.
Fiona Sze-Lorrain, “Meditation”, The Ruined Elegance
With the locals in Xiahe, Gansu, China