Guilin – Page 2 – Mimo Khair Creative

Day 21~ December 21st~ Guilin

Dec 25, 2012

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in art, CHINA, contemplations, Guilin, inspiration, Photography, Travel

With every passing year, with each journey into the far away places, I pray that these colorful people of the world are still there, being celebrated, appreciated and not become integrated into a characterless soup of grey humanity.

Day 20~ December 20th~ Guilin

Dec 22, 2012

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~mimo~

in CHINA, contemplations, Guilin, human rights, Photography

There are those in the world who are destined to have their whole lives intertwined with hard labor . They accept their fates and press on through life with strength, determination and a quiet acceptance.

Day 19~ December 19th~ Guilin

Dec 22, 2012

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~mimo~

in CHINA, contemplations, Guilin, life, Photography, street

No matter where we go, how far we travel, there will always be a tug to go back home, to a place where we can close our door to the world and be safely alone for a moment, a place where we can hang our laundry to dry.

Day 18~ December 18th~ Guilin

Dec 20, 2012

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~mimo~

in CHINA, contemplations, Guilin, inspiration, Photography, Travel

One of the rewards of going into far away parts of China is meeting innocence. Innocence lives her sister simplicity with the natural people of this world. My friend who travelled with me on this trip has amazingly beautiful and extremely curly hair and at the sight of it a crowd of sweet women gathered…

Day 17~ December 17th~ Guilin

Dec 18, 2012

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~mimo~

in art, CHINA, contemplations, Guilin, life, Photography

We often talk of people of other planets, wonder if they exist, worry if they do, feel a thrill at the possibility, make up stories and fantasies about what they might look like and act like, but meanwhile if they did exist, wouldn’t we be the extraterrestrials to them? We are planetary beings confined to…

Day 16~ December 16th~ Guilin

Dec 17, 2012

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~mimo~

in art, CHINA, contemplations, Guilin, inspiration, Photography

We count our time with seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years, with repetitive numbers. Repetition seems to make us feel settled, to let us know where we stand and where we are going. We put numbers on everything in an attempt to clothe the unknown with tangible references. We capture time with numbers,…

Day 15~ December 15th~ Guilin

Dec 16, 2012

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~mimo~

in authors, CHINA, contemplations, faces, Guilin, Photography

“Yesterday is but today’s memory, tomorrow is today’s dream” ~Gibran Khalil Gibran

Day 14~ December 14th~ Guilin

Dec 16, 2012

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~mimo~

in CHINA, Guilin, Photography, Travel

Despite China being the largest rice producer in the world, the process of cultivation and harvesting remains extremely labor intensive with very little automation. It is people working to feed people, just as it was perhaps meant to be.