Eat Pray Love: Japanese man finds Buddha in snacks

TOKYO, Sept 20:  Life is fleeting and so are the images  of Buddha that Japanese artist Koshi Kawachi carves – from stick-shaped snacks made of corn. Feeling the need to express the ephemeral nature of life after the death of his grandfather, Kawachi began creating the Buddha statues from the snacks nearly six years ago with a handheld drill that resembles a dental tool. (agencies)