God's creation was linguistic, & the letters of the first potent word that (S)He uttered contained all the forms of creation, each form presided over by the name of a letter of the alphabet, which is in turn composed of letters, each of which has a name, & so on to infinity... Creation, on other words, is eternal & ongoing: "the multitude of letters swells out into the infinitude," & "letters are continually generating other letters." The alphabet speaks a divine language, ... each letter calling up, but never pinning down, the enigmatic nature of reality, the word of God. (S.177)
~ Guy L. Beck, Sonic Theology: Hinduism and Sacred Sound
I was visiting a friend who had moved into a new office space. She was showing me around and mentioned that she might teach yoga classes on the her deck outside her office. When we went outside, I noticed she had created a small altar and surrounded it with flower petals. I thought it was so beautiful that I had to take a picture. I love the way the image turned out once I had worked a little magic.