Category: CHINA
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Shanghai Revisited~
After twelve years in Shanghai, I revisited the archive, discovering new layers of the city that have shaped my understanding and appreciation.
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Pedaling Joy~
I walk the streets every day with a quiet longing—for joy, for a glimpse of something real. There is so much noise in the world now: conflict in the headlines, division on our screens, and a steady stream of content that rarely touches the heart. In all of that, I find myself searching for moments…
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The Weight we Carry~
Today has been a bit of a fog, the kind of day when clarity feels just out of reach. I’ve been slowed down by a heavy allergy, making even simple thoughts feel like they are pushing through mud. But in going through my photo archives, I found this image, taken in Yunnan, China, and it…
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Blurring the Lines of Time~
Tonight, I’m sharing a photograph I took in Songjiang, China, at a place that fascinated me deeply while I was living in Shanghai. Songjiang is home to an old film set, designed like neighborhoods from earlier times, where they used to film historical and war movies, complete with Japanese and Chinese costumes. What made it…
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Between Fire and Silence: How Faith Evolves~
These two images were taken in China, in a Buddhist temple. I remember, during my time living there, asking a Buddhist friend when he typically went to the temple. His answer stayed with me ever since. He said, “I go when I want something, and when I am sick.” That struck me as fascinating, so…
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Stillness in the Rush~
This image was taken during one of my evenings in China, and it has stayed with me since the moment I pressed the shutter. The young policeman stood perfectly still while the world around him blurred into a rush of motion and noise. He didn’t flinch, didn’t turn his head, didn’t blink. He became like…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 74/365
Sometimes it feels to me that I am cycling through my life in a comfortable pace and watching events happen around me as if on a movie screen. But every once in a while an opportunity for change and elevation shows itself and somehow because of being so comfortable on the bike, I choose to…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 67/365
Today this image of the ethnic woman that I took in China triggered in me thoughts of lightness and weight. As I live and get older I feel the weight of my history and all that has happened in it. I picture my life events as packages and bags that we have had to carry…