“The soul is healed by being with children.”
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2012
Friday, September 28, 2012
A corner of Phet Wiriya’s workshop
Shot is a corner of sculptor and carving
artist Phet Wiriya’s workshop.
Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2012
Work in process…
Shot in a new wing of a temple in Chiang Mai
with Nikon D800E and AF-S 24-70/2.8G ED.
Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2012
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Transition into night
Worker meticulously lit up the oil lamp at
the Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi, Chiang Mai, making a smooth, warm and quiet
transition into night.
Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2012
The little Kayan
Although what was the exact origin of such brass
neck coil meant for may never be known, Kayan women, when
asked, acknowledged varies ideas but often say that their purpose for wearing
the ring is cultural identity. The
coil, once on, is seldom removed, as the coiling and uncoiling is a lengthy
procedure. It is usually only
removed to be replaced by a new or longer coil.
In recent time many women have started to
remove the coils and in particular the Government of Burma began discouraging
this tradition as it struggled to appear more modern to developed world and
consequently many women in Burma began breaking the tradition but in Thailand
the practice has gained popularity in recent years because it draws tourists
who bring revenue to the tribe, or specifically, the businessman behind the
scene.
While seeing this cute little Kayan started
to put on the coils that may continue to compress her clavicle, it is picture
perfect moment for the one with camera, but just a way of making live for a
little girl.
Taken with a SONY NEX-7 with E 18-55 OSS.
Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2012
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
sachant sais pas
Somebody said once or wrote, once: “ We’re
all of us children in a vast kindergarten trying to spell God’s name with the
wrong alphabet blocks!”
Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2012
The Elephant
“There is no creature among all the Beasts of
the world which hath so great and ample demonstration of the power and wisdom
of almighty God as the Elephant.”
Image captured on a cement elephant
sculptured by Phet Wiriya.
Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2012
Wat Phrathat Haripunchai
Wat Phrathat Haripunchai stands
in the center of a small northern Thailand town – Lamphun, is reputed to have
been founded in 1150 by King Adityaraja, who built the wat to enshrine a Buddha
relic found in an urn in his palace garden which built upon the ruins of
ancient Mon royal palace.
This image taken at the entrance using a SONY
NEX-7 with E 18-55 OSS.
Lamphun, Thailand, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The fog & The portrait of Taiwan white pine
The fog is an illusion –
A master of disguise,
Which hides the tangible
Before our very eyes.
But when the fog has lifted
Everything’s still there,
And the tangible
Only seemed to’ve disappeared.
In the early morning
Or late at night,
The fog descends
Upon various sites.
It gives an air of mystery
That has long prevailed.
Dangerously intriguing
Is the fog’s foggy veil.
~ Walterrean Salley
Taichung, Taiwan, 2012
The lone photographer
“When words become unclear, I shall focus
with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with
silence.”
~ Ansel Adams
Kajajun, Xinjiang
Yesterday today
A panoramic shop made with iPhone 4S on a restaurant offering
traditional Taiwanese food of home cook style, it is not just mom’s style, it is
grandma’s style.
Tianmu, Taipei, 2012
Tibetan Mastiff
Tibetan Mastiff, this
ferocious dog was said to be first introduced to the West by Marco Polo in 1257
in his account of what he called “…. a dog tall as a donkey with a voice as
powerful as that of a lion.”
It was quite rare to encounter a Tibetan
Mastiff in the wild and a great luck to have photographed it with Nikon D3X
with AF-S VR 70-200/2.8G IF-ED.
Bayanbulak, Xinjiang, China
Direction of life
Tibetan believed in reincarnation, the rhythm
of the universe, they walk in directional (clockwise) circles.
The lineage approach on almost any practice
is believed to help bring practitioners ever closer to realizing enlightenment,
as the direction in which the mantras are written.
Barkhor Street/Jokhang Temple, Tibet
Simplicity
Once a decision is made, the rest
is simple.
Taken at Lai-San’s
self-motivated, self-funded, and self-operate land of tress, a project has a
start but with no expectation of its end.
Gauss Lai, Lai-san’s son, is the 2nd generation talking on
the project, walk in the woods that was not existed some 20 years ago.
Taichung, Taiwan, 2012
Shape of life
“To live is the rarest thing in the world.
Most people exist, that is all.”
~ Oscar Wilde
Taichung, Taiwan, 2012
Rain
Into each life some rain must fall.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Shouxi Lake, Yangzhou, China, 2012
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