Tag: essence
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Capturing Life: The Strange Art of Freezing Time
Imagine a world before photography—before the snap of a shutter could capture the smallest fraction of a second. To immortalize a moment, one would need the meticulous hand of a painter. Each brushstroke became an interpretation of reality. It was filtered through emotion and memory. And before that? Only the mind’s eye could hold onto…
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 83/365
On the third day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, my mind goes back to my experiences with refugees and the misfortunes of war. I am finding myself unable to disconnect from the shock of seeing this happen in front of our eyes again, the war, the pain, the destruction, the displaced people and most…
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Day 5~ July 5th~ Vietnam
Somewhere along the way during human history, the essence of trust was forced to retreat. In a country like Vietnam where people had to suffer one occupation after another, and one war followed by the next, seeing a foreigner does not call out the essence of trust as a first principle. Warmth has to be…
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Day Three Hundred Sixty One, January 18, 2012
Every city and every village in the world has it’s own ‘spirit’, it’s own ‘angel’ if you like. It is the essence of that place created by its people, its architecture, its frequencies and it is very clearly detectable if you tune yourself to it. With Shanghai, I feel that the spirit of this city…
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Day Three Hundred Twenty Nine, December 17, 2011
Today, was a day of preparation to head west for a few weeks. No matter how long an expatriate lives in and makes China their home, the sense of belonging somewhere else is always prominent. Tomorrow my little family crosses a large part of the planet’s surface to get a dose of Western tradition for…