This is a close up taken on April 9th, when we first started working on the Enlightenment Stupa. In areas whole chunks of the underlying "stucco" layer were popping loose. Though I didn't photograph them, there were other areas where large (like the size of a football) bubbles in the paint appeared. This Stupa was just done years ago, the most recently renovated. We're now at the point where all the paint is off, the stucco layer is off (we sandblasted almost the whole month of May if you want to see the archival photos!), and we're now repairing it with a mortar that breaths. It is our current focus, and we hope to be painting it on July 10th!