Ky Mya Monastery

I met a monk on Mandalay Hill. He is 24 and his name is Nyanathiri. He walked with me through the night, and invited me to his monastery. This morning after breakfast, I pulled the piece of paper where he’d written the name of his monastery and the cross streets out of my notebook, and…

Artisans

I was paying attention today to what people make with their hands. There’s a hum of enterprise around Mandalay, deeply mastered craft. Workshops and shops are side by side, and you can wander in see silk weaving, tapestries, puppet making, gold leaf pounding. Then of course, you can buy things. The silk workshop was stunning.…