Through My Eyes                                                                                                                                                                                          * With preparations for another trip to India I haven't had a chance to work on the sculpture of Tara Drolma this week. I have worked a bit on stringing the loom though!   As I mentioned I am using store bought thread for a test of a new stringing method. I am also using additional crosspieces as were present in the backstrap loom. Things are coming along. This week the news is terribly grim and sad. In the space of two days six Tibetans have walked into the flames, five in a single day. In Rebkong where one has passed away today many are rising up.  In Dolma Square of Rongpo Monastery  between 6000 and 10,000 Tibetans have gathered. They are demanding the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Tibet. In an article on Phayul  today: “Thousands of Tibetans are currently gathered at the Dolma Square, the site of Kalsang Jinpa’s self-immolation protest, raising slogans for the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his long life,” Geshe Rongpo Lobsang Nyendak, a member of the Tibetan Parliament told Phayul. “The situation there is very tense as Chinese armed forces have placed severe restrictions on movement in the town and are now closing-in on the protesters.” I think of this a lot too as I string the frame loom. There's a lot more to add but as usual two as one we'll add to the notes later beautiful one!                                                                                                                                                               * courtesy of A Luminous Diamond (Bright) Crystal Show productions. The information for                                                                           the sketches is  courtesy of the Footprint Tibet handbook by Gyurme Dorje.      ( please click here to return to my spinning for you!)