Buddham saranam gacchami...

Dhamam saranam gacchami...

Buddham saranam gacchami...

Dhamam saranam gacchami...

Sangham saranam gacchami...

Dutiyampi buddham saranam gacchami.

Dutiyampi dhamam saranam gacchami...

Dutiyampi sangham…

Refuge, my first attempt ever at video art, was inspired by the Hindi mantra above. During a meditation visit to a Buddhist temple, I experienced a transformative state which led me to my deep, inner place of Refuge. What I didn’t know at the time was that the prayer being chanted by the monk and the people around me was in fact called Refuge - the exact word I envisioned during my meditation.