Hope

Mandalay, Myanmar. Twelve thin candles burn on slab in front of intricately carved details on wall in Buddhist temple of Sutaungpyei Pagoda on Mandalay Hill.
Mandalay, Myanmar. Twelve thin candles burn on slab in front of intricately carved details on wall in Buddhist temple of Sutaungpyei Pagoda on Mandalay Hill.

Hope

Sutaungpyei Pagoda, Mandalay Hill, Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar). Candles burn and wax drips against an elaborately carved background in a sacred Buddhist temple. The contrast of the transience of flame and melting wax against the unyielding ancient background can evokes a sense of remembrance and of the enduring power of small acts of light to give hope.