Grief Rooted, watercolor on skin parchment. © 2000 Cathy Weber www.cathyweber.net

“Whenever I am with a group of people who have experienced extraordinary suffering, the first thing I notice is a lightness in the air,” writes long-time FPMT student Adele Hulse. “… [I]f you spend your time with the suffering, you can’t really lose.”

From Mandala October-November 2006.