tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post145125618117707336..comments2007-08-06T14:55:28.716-07:00Avi Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12550929795356812957abramsv@gmail.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-2175600215724064802007-08-06T14:55:00.000-07:002007-08-06T14:55:00.000-07:00The toddler "attack" occurred at Union Station in Kansas City, MO. I used to work across the street and watched the monks construct these several times. <BR/><BR/>They use long, hollow metal sticks with ridges. They rub wooden sticks across the ridges to coax the sand out a grain at a time.kcav8ornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-78659642722730065552007-08-05T19:38:00.000-07:002007-08-05T19:38:00.000-07:00haha... yes, peace of mind is the whole idea.Avi Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12550929795356812957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-67410333811599379832007-08-04T04:38:00.000-07:002007-08-04T04:38:00.000-07:00Fairly recently, there were monks constructing a mandala in a Midwest airport... and a toddler who got away from his mother came and kicked his way through it! I can just imagine how mortified she must have been, but it sounds like the monks handled it gracefully and philosophically.Theodosiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16172850181007474803noreply@blogger.com