Ngaben empty I had noticed these ’fish’

I had noticed these ’fish’ staring at me on my very first visit there

where life-support systems hang by a thread

casting a shadow over the landscape

I taught a landscape painting workshop and painted alongside my students

and applying a paintbrush

Ngaben empty I had noticed these ’fish’"Ngaben" is the Balinese Hindu Funeral Procession before the Cremation Ceremony. The Hindu people of Bali believe that the soul of a person is trapped in its body until the body can be appropriately cremated. The soul of the dead person then can enter the upper realm where it can wait to be reborn or become liberated from the cycles of rebirth.