26
Jan
2018

Friend: Super Short Story #493

Super Short Story #493: Friend He cannot decide  if meeting an old friend  is like seeing a familiar stranger  or…

26
Jan
2018

Hoax: Super Short Story #492

Super Short Story #492: Hoax She was known as the girl who texted hoaxes, whose messages got muted by others,…

26
Jan
2018

Air: Super Short Story #491

Super Short Story #491: Air He made the excuse of stepping out for some fresh air, though he released some…

10
Jan
2018

Friends: NY Adventure 50

NY Adventure 50: Friends Korean-styled Buddha and Bodhisattva images at the Met. They tend to look child-like in stature, while…

10
Jan
2018

Busts: NY Adventure 49

NY Adventure 49: Busts Majestic and rock solid, these are among the earliest Greek influenced Buddha and Bodhisattva Gandharan images…

10
Jan
2018

Crown: NY Adventure 48

NY Adventure 48: Crown Does this ancient Buddha statue with his crown like halo not resemble the green lady Liberty…

10
Jan
2018

Fountain: NY Adventure 47

NY Adventure 47: Fountain A witty cartoon behind an art book at the Met. Here is my haiku for it……

10
Jan
2018

Guanyin Bodhisattva: NY Adventure 46

NY Adventure 46: Guanyin Bodhisattva First time encountering Cambodian styled eleven-head Guanyin Bodhisattva with many hands (of compassion to help…

10
Jan
2018

Creativity: NY Adventure 45

NY Adventure 45: Creativity  The creative process as one of release.  The created piece as one of the released.  (The…

10
Jan
2018

Library: NY Adventure 44

NY Adventure 44: Library The lion is in the logo of the NY Public Library, which is of course a…

10
Jan
2018

eBookstore: NY Adventure 43

NY Adventure 43: eBookstore Look! Amazon, the online book giant that bought over Books Depository some years ago (in case…

10
Jan
2018

Japanese Statues: NY Adventure 42

NY Adventure 42: Japanese Statues From the Japanese Buddhist section of the Met. Nice woody rustic feel! Yes, the first…

10
Jan
2018

Moment: NY Adventure 41

NY Adventure 41: Moment At the Met’s gift shop… Treasure every moment, every word, every letter, every thought… As #Stonepeace put it,…

28
Dec
2017

Chaos: NY Adventure 40

NY Adventure 40: Chaos Pollock’s pieces bring this to mind… There is apparent chaos within order, and subtle order within…

28
Dec
2017

Thinker: NY Adventure 39

NY Adventure 39: Thinker Always saw Rodin’s Thinker in contrast to the Buddha in a meditative mode. While the Thinker…

28
Dec
2017

Clash?: NY Adventure 38

NY Adventure 38: Clash? From this angle, Trinity Church looks lit but small and sandwiched between shadows of giant financial…

28
Dec
2017

Classics: NY Adventure 37

NY Adventure 37: Classics Some wonderful classic paintings spotted at the Met, by some favourite artists – Cezanne, Monet and…

28
Dec
2017

Other Sunflower: NY Adventure 36

NY Adventure 36: Other Sunflower The ‘other’ sunflower painting by Van Gogh at the Metropolitan Museum Of Art. Not the…

28
Dec
2017

Barricades: NY Adventure 35

NY Adventure 35: Barricades Bronze-like barricades the colour of the Charging Bull at Wall Street, perhaps for preventing terrorist vehicles…

28
Dec
2017

Charging Bull: NY Adventure 34

NY Adventure 34: Charging Bull So many folks kept charging towards the Charging Bull that it was impossible to snap…