Tag: new year
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One day left till the year of the Snake
It seems so appropriate for the year to end and a new one to begin with a blanket of fresh snow, a clean slate, a new start. A stillness fell over the city today as more than half the population leaves for their homes away from Shanghai or to holiday destinations leaving a haunting sense…
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Day 31~ December 31st~ Guilin
Today I end this journey back into the past. It has been very enlightening for me to revisit some of the places I have been to and deepen my connections to them, but I feel moved to put an end to this and move forward into something new before the 365 days end on this…
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Day 30~ December 30th~ Guilin
One of the most stark truths about the future is that it remains unknown until the moment when it happens. We project, we plan, we dream, we wish, and almost always we are surprised by what unfolds. If it is the past that holds sway on our emotions, then it is the future that triggers…
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A new project beginning on February 1st!
It has been an amazing year full of wonderful experiences, learning and great new friends in photography and in life. As my project came to a close I realized slowly what the next step needs to be. A deepening into past experiences and a harvesting of those special times in a fresh new way through…
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Day *Three Hundred Sixty Five*, January 22, 2012
My project finally comes to its ending at the exact ending of the lunar year. With its end we moved into a new year, an auspicious year, the year of the Dragon! This daily project started in Shanghai and went to the Philippines, Xinjiang, Germany, Spain, Lebanon, Switzerland, Hong Kong, France and then back to…
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Day Three Hundred Fifty Six, January 13, 2012
Many adults have seen at least once in their life a show of fireworks, either at one of the disney kingdoms, at the NYC Macy’s parade, New Year’s celebrations… These shows are usually organized, timed and synchronized. Well the Chinese New Year celebrations in Shanghai are nothing like that. It is like a war. Every…
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Day Three Hundred Fifty Two, January 9, 2012
As China gets ready to shed the old ‘rabbit’ year and to welcome in the new ‘dragon’ year, fireworks can be heard all over the city. Fireworks, which were originally invented in China and became popular as early as the Song Dynasty, have a very strong place in the culture and daily lives of the…
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Day Three Hundred Forty Three, December 31, 2011
Midnight of December 31st, the time that all around the world wait for, expecting something important to take place, a ball to fall on times square in New York, a kiss to take place with someone special, fireworks to burn into the night sky and greetings to be exchange all around after the pop of…
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Day Three Hundred Thirty Eight, December 26, 2011
La Chapelle d-Abondance, a tiny village, population 700 something, located in the region of Rhône-Alpes in France was our home for 4 cozy nights. Nothing like a snow covered small village to bring all dreams of winter wonderland into reality. The soft snow, the smell of burning wood and roasting marshmallows, the powder sugar covered trees, and…
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Day Three Hundred Thirty Seven, December 25, 2011
Christmas day always seems to point to the next highlight or important event, the arrival of the new year in only a week’s time. This new year has been heralded all over the place as a possible end, a new beginning, a major year of unusual events according to the Mayan prophecy of the shifting…