Wed night, 25th

Our experience thus far has been somewhat insulated. We are in Tamil Nadu, yet we are removed by being in Auroville and further removed by being in the Living Routes program. But tonight the group recieved its first taste of village culture. It was an experience beyond my simple words, so I will call on Paul Simon to do it justice-

"Man walks down the street...its a street in a strange world...maybe its the third world...maybe its his first time around...doesn't speak the language...he holds no currency....he is a foreign man...he is surrounded by the sounds, sounds...cattle in the marketplace...scatterings and orphanages...he looks around, around...he sees angels in the architecture...spinning in infinity...he says, 'amen, hallelujah'"

Well said Simon.