Tag: grain
-
Day 3~ May 3rd~ Cambodia
Upon meeting the Khmer temples of Cambodia for the first time and walking between their columns and galleries, I felt as though time had become elastic, no longer confined to my usual linear perception of it… Angkor Wat, the largest Hindu temple in the world, now a Buddhist temple, still in use religiously, haunting with…
-
Day 28~ March 28th~ Egypt
The impressive mortuary temple built for Queen Hatshepsut, the 18th dynasty female Pharaoh stands as the evidence of Egypt’s influence on today’s classical architecture styles. This pharaoh was known for her great power and dominion over both upper and lower Egypt and was said to reign for over 22 years. The original name of the…
-
Day Two Hundred Seventy Two, October 21, 2011
A few days ago, we entered the sixth year of our expatriate life in Shanghai and I so wish I was doing a 365 project for every day of those years. Living here is in every way a thrilling adventure, looking daily at the strange canvas of what this culture of contrasts has to offer.…
-
Day Two Hundred Fourty Six, September 25, 2011
At the end of summer so many little funerals are held in the great church that is nature. Flowers die, leaves wear their ceremonial dress of color as they sway gently to face their inevitable end, grains are harvested and their stems left to dry and return to the earth. So yes, “everything returns to…
-
Day One Hundred Sixty Eight, July 9, 2011
For any parent, the most unforgettable and uncomfortable times are those spent with a sick child. You do everything in your power to comfort them, you pray to take away their pain into yourself, you worry, you call on all your reserve strength to be there for them completely and with all your senses and…
-
Day Seventy Five, April 7, 2011
Today very heavy rains were forecast with chance of flooding but not even one drop hit my nose. It was very gray though, so I colored it. Photo: Flower pots on Yanan Highway~Shanghai