Tag: yellow
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Day Three Hundred Nine, November 27, 2011
Little Lea has been working so hard on her Taekwondo, practicing with great focus and determination and today her first reward was finally attained, a new yellow/white belt from her teacher rewarding her accomplishments. She went through the ceremony shyly but ever so proudly. A great marker in the growth of a young life, where…
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Day One Hundred Sixty Seven, July 8, 2011
They were once tiny seeds, placed inches below the ground in darkness and they were coded with one single purpose, to reach up towards the source of life, the yellow power, the great sun. So with a tremendous effort they pushed, over and over in one singular direction till they broke through the earth and…
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Day One Hundred Sixty, July 1, 2011
Chinese people often refer to their ethnic identity as “descendants of the dragon”. The dragon is believed to be fierce, strong, dignified, wise and auspicious. Hence the celebratory dance, historically performed by acrobats, up to 50 dancers per dragon, who hold it up with poles and move it mimicking the movement of the dragon’s river…
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Day One Hundred Fifty Nine, June 30, 2011
Street photography, my very favorite kind! I am happiest with a camera, an ipod, headphones, and streets to explore. I can walk city alleys for hours looking for the right moment to capture the right interaction with a stranger. A human’s face, gesture, movement, stillness, intensity, emotion… and when the moment feels right, it is…
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Day One Hundred Twenty Four, May 26, 2011
Nature is to most of us a place of peace and harmony. It is so because its laws are constant, reliable, reassuring. The sun rises every day, the moon keeps its regular cycle of waxing and waning, the seasons keep their repetitive cycle, the flowers keep blooming in the Spring and the bees keep coming…
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Day Sixty Nine, April 1, 2011
Every Spring around this time, we have a wonderful time shopping in the busy Shanghai markets for Easter decorations and materials for making crafts. It has become a tradition over the last 5 years we spent in Shanghai, and we start getting into the spirit of fun bright colors weeks in advance. This year we…
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Day Sixty Four, March 27, 2011
This 365 project has been taking me to the Streets of Shanghai exploring more in the last 64 days than in all of the 4 + years we have spent here in China. I love the explorations, what I am learning and the people I am meeting. It is a new adventure every day, and…
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Day Thirteen, February 4, 2011
Today I toured the island on a hired tricycle with my friend Sabrina to see what lies behind the exterior of fancy hotels and beach bars, shops and restaurants. What we met was a very basic and humble way of life in little streets with stilt wooden houses, small kiosks, narrow winding streets and many…
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Day three, January 25, 2011
On the third day, I was caught by all the lanterns that keep appearing around the city in preparation for the most important day of the year in China—Chinese New Year. This coming year is starting on the 3rd of February and it will be the year of the Rabbit. This lantern was near the…