deluded minds

Anchok Rinpoche, a 24 year old lama, spoke about love and compassion at SU's Hendrick's Chapel. The talk began with the idea of happiness from a Buddhist perspective. The source of happiness comes from our inner peace. It is the true source of happiness and the search for the external is the constant well of suffering. When we search for happiness in the material realm, we will only find satisfaction in a temporary form -external or superficial things cannot bring true happiness into our lives. The single challenge to understanding and obtaining happiness is our own minds. Having the new macbook pro, sailor pen or even the latest coach product only provides happiness in a temporary and fake form. However, the Inner Peace cannot be bought but obtained through individual training.

With regards to the sketch, not every composition within a sketchbook is beautiful or considered a "good" sketch. Sometimes I am more content with composing a sketch with numerous inaccuracies. The sketch tells a story where the state of my mood is reflected in the quality of the drawing. But because there are so many errors within the lines, I can understand that I still lack the construction of proportion and scale.