Portable sanctuaries
Mobile or temporary shrines—are they a desire to bridge the gap between the sacred and the everyday?
Is it love for God or fear of God?
Is it an attempt to remember—or to forget?
Is it a form of communication with the departed, a way of keeping them present at all times, or an effort to connect with them?
Is it some kind of portal to another world?
Or is it a way to appease the self, to soothe the soul?
Why do we carry shrines with us—in our cars, our pockets, our wallets—from one place to another?
Is it love for God or fear of God?
Is it an attempt to remember—or to forget?
Is it a form of communication with the departed, a way of keeping them present at all times, or an effort to connect with them?
Is it some kind of portal to another world?
Or is it a way to appease the self, to soothe the soul?
Why do we carry shrines with us—in our cars, our pockets, our wallets—from one place to another?