full moon tripping

for july's full moon we decided to take a trip over to tiruvanamalai, where they have a massive pilgrimage walk around a holy mountain. the town has a temple complex that cuts across the town and is punctuated by huuuuge pyramidy things.



it was drizzling at night and the round moon collaborated with the rushing clouds to make an eerie light/dark sky above. flickering flames for the gods projected dancing statue shadows on the walls and our ash-smeared faces.

the walk was nice, but we kept thinking we heard rattlesnakes very close by. maybe they were just some rattling bug that evolved to sound scary. also came across a praying mantis, i think, and it was sooooo far-out-looking that it made me think of how inexplicable, varied and strange this thing called "life" is... Ean: "and that shit reproduces!"