October 27, 2009 at 1:35pm
Worth A Million Words
October 13, 2009 at 11:13am
Temple
Language skills are picking up. Leaving to see Auntie in Vientiane on Thursday. Everyone leaves me alone or speaks Thai to me, but only because Tara is nearby; otherwise no one would even notice me. I’m sorry to say my photos will not be available until I return.
Tara loves the paintings of Buddha’s life that I used to wonder about a lot when I was young. At the insistence of a man on the street, I’m going to three or four temples to collect blessings for my whole family tomorrow at 9am. Used to be very good at this, but needed a little reminder:
With palms together touch crown of head, forehead, throat, and heart; kneel on hands and knees, touching forehead to ground very briefly and rising quickly. Perform the entire act three times. At the conclusion, once more touch hands to the crown, forehead, throat, and heart, pausing briefly at the end for contemplation
October 10, 2009 at 10:50am
Once he said to me, everyone will look like you and you’ll be like: wow.
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from Vardhana
10:13am
The City; The Country
It is only recently that my peer group includes those who obsess about urban design and sustainability for most of the day. New terrain for my brain. I’m leaving New York for Thailand (and in a few days, Laos) and wonder of the terrestrial contrasts to come.
Dan Sai - Wat Neramit Wipattasana
Isaan, Northern Thailand by vtveen
from the High Line
New York: by l. manning
Production plant at Sepon copper mine
Laos: by Eustaquio Santimano
Bangkok: by Vardhana
“The glass façade of 40 Bond, with its structural elements wrapped in cast glass made in Barcelona, causes the building to come alive with light in a never-ending transformation.” -Herzog
New York: by l. manning
