MONK

I’m a big fan of the idea of selflessness, a journey in life that takes finding ones self as well, the meaning or having reason through Zen. I wanted to do a project that’s not just appealing but also have sensible meaning. The perfect representation of my outlook to good living is in the mind of a Buddhist monk. I took a few yards of three separate fabrics and taught myself through YouTube to wrap a traditional Buddhist monks robe. I had to imply to my model no coffee, soda, or any type of hyper inducing beverage as to assure the feeling of peace and calm in the moment. I adore the lifestyle so I incorporate the way of thinking in small ways into my crazy and uncertain life. I hope with the rubix cube my vision pulled together the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk and perfectly represent process, time, patience, and enlightenment. I hope it embodies all these things and more.

The robe was a total of three pieces and no he wasn’t commando. The photo was actually taken on top of a bed. I didn’t seem to ask how tall he was at first but good thing the night before I had snapped into realization he was taller than me. The whole time I’ve been using my own measurement thinking we were the same height. So that morning I made a run to the fabric store just to make sure he wasn’t going to be sporting a skirt! I knew it would work either way cause I knew he was going to be sitting down. At the end of it he was a really easy model to work with. Well since the idea was not a lot to process and was straight forward. I was a little nervous because of the shoot was going to be done while the house looked not at its best. I looked like I was up all night also. My model looked great and that’s all that matters!

There should be more than one tutorial video on YouTube that shows how a monk dresses.