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Creative juices are flowing this month.  I’m snapping photos like crazy and have spent the last two weekends wandering through textile markets and bead stores.  I’m revisiting my old design days in anticipation of having some truly knock-out jewelery for the wedding. I’m tackling my own veil as well, which should prove to have some [...]

Typhoon days tend to be an excuse to tap into my creative outlets.  They’re one of the few days that occur throughout the year when I don’t feel obligated to be somewhere doing something.  Yesterday I decided to get a jump-start on a project I’ve had in mind for awhile.  I’ve been meaning to do [...]

You would think that I’d be a productive person after being housebound for 48 hours.  Well, in my defense, John and I have watched three movies.  We’ve cleaned the apartment and planned for the wedding.  I’ve written up a couple of advance posts for My Several Worlds so I don’t have to worry too much [...]

Dreams really are made of this…

The Mira Department Store at Core Pacific City Mall (京華城)(also known as The Living Mall) in Taipei hosted the 5th annual Taipei Toy Festival early last month. The show, which ran from July 10-13th, brought thousands of insatiable toy collectors of all ages and uber-cool vinyl toy designers from around the globe through its doors. [...]

A reverse effect with life imitating art. Or is it? This photo looks like an old oil painting to me. I love the contrast between the tiny little Vietnamese fisherman’s boat floating in a wake of capitalism.

A la recherche du temps perdu/In search of time lost - by Yu-fen Guo

Lost in You
Fears and tears mingle.
The divine storms strike a dark age
of diaspora, leaving the modifiers dangle,
lost in you, a subject consumed with rage.
When the sky is clear
will the trampled feathers dry
and soar in full gear?
Lost in you, the vista of [...]

This seemingly charming pagoda is located in the middle of the village of Kompong Khleang in rural Cambodia. The ornately carved rooftiles and spires glistened in the sun as we climbed the cracked stone steps leading up to the front entrance, which is brightly painted with depictions of Heaven and disturbing and horrible images [...]

One of the local attractions in Siem Reap is the Angkor Wat Miniature Garden. Scupltor Dy Preung has created miniature replicas of Angkor Wat, Banteay Srei, Bayon and several other Angkorian temples and sculptures out of cement. In addition to these magnificent creations, there are also other figures in stonework.

Angkor Wat.
For $1 American, [...]

 
Reclining Buddha in Wat Po
Wat Phra Chetuphon (Wat Po) was founded in the 16th century.  It is the oldest and biggest temple in the city.  It also has the largest number of pagodas (95) in city.  Wat Po was one of the first universities in Thailand.  The university is best known for its school of [...]