We See Our Souls Better in the Dark

—Arungabad, India, 2017—

I was traveling alone on a cloudy and misty day when I found myself in total serenity among the Ajanta caves: a world heritage site that Buddhist monks had lived over a thousand years ago. The caves and the structures are what is left from an arduous act of digging on the stones. The deeper into the mountains, the dimmer and more blurry the light becomes one with the darkness. There, in the darkness, sit small dark rooms surrounding the main hall. Each room is a void absence of light, which is left for us to contemplate on the nature of our souls.

In this darkness, 2 craftsmen used their small lights to prolong the life of these dark voids that enrich the nature of our souls.

This photo essay is featured in Art4D Magazine (October, 2021).

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