In a small corner of the lobby at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, a cluster of nurses and doctors gawk over a glass table.
"Sand mandalas can take months to create. This one will take four days," said artist Katie Jo Suddaby.
The tiny vibrations of the chakpur artist tool Suddaby is using sort of puts you in a trance as the tool shuffles sand to coat the surface.
Suddaby is creating sand art in the form of a mandala, a circular symbol, using sand to create stillness and a moment of zen for these frenzied front-line workers.
