Anna Cabrera and Angel Albarrán: following images are from their ongoing series, 'The Mouth of Krishna', shot in various locations worldwide
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There is the story of the infant Krishna, wrongly accused of eating a bit of dirt.
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His mother, Yashoda, coming up to him with a wagging finger scolds him: "You shouldn't eat dirt, you naughty boy."
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"But I haven't," says the unchallenged lord of all and everything, in spot disguised as a frightened human child.
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"Tut! Tut! Open your mouth,” orders Yashoda. Krishna does as he is told. He opens his mouth and Yashoda gasps.
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She sees in Krisna's mouth the whole complete entire timeless universe, all the stars and planets of space
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and the distance between them, all the lands and seas of the earth and the life in them;
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Replying to
she sees all the days of yesterday and all the days of tomorrow; she sees all ideas and all emotions,
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all pity and all hope, and the three strands of matter; not a pebble, candle, creature, village or galaxy is missing,
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including herself and every bit of dirt in its truthful place."My Lord, you can close your mouth, she says reverently
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