I was hoping the pandemic would not be affecting the Baishatun pilgrimage this year, but I was wrong. I had anticipated being allowed into the temple behind the waiting palanquin on the night of its departure, but again the inner hall was closed to the public. The “deal” is this: the night of departure is […]
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The Ricoh GXR system with the Leica A12 module was the first digital camera I ever bought, and I bought it reluctantly. It was not a good seller, and the company discontinued it pretty quickly. I told myself I would not enter a cycle of upgrading and buying new digital cameras, and would wait a […]
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There’s a coffee shop down a small alley in the Guting area of Taipei named Sugarman. It’s a quiet place with simple furnishings and simple food. The music was good (Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone) but sets of songs often repeated during our stay. I didn’t know whether the owner was trying to […]
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Jack asked us to do a promotional video. In the morning we interviewed him and watched him throw a large pot on the wheel, and stopped for lunch while we waited for the clay to dry. When it became apparent that the pot would need at least a day, due to the damp in the […]
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The footbridge leading up to the National Palace Museum Southern Branch in Chiayi, central Taiwan, where a woman is playing hide and seek with her child.
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These are a selection of images I took for a local artist friend, Shulin Wang. Shulin paints with traditional Chinese ink painting techniques on porcelain, and is now experimenting with leaving a matt finish to accentuate the texture of the fired brushwork. She also makes teapots themed on the Maitreya Buddha, emphasizing the rotund physique […]
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A quiet, peaceful, tranquil scene, composed mainly of gentle blues and serene greens. The greens surround the statue in the background, a Buddha figure in a meditative pose, seated on a platform of bluish rock. The statue’s pose is mirrored by that of the elderly woman in the foreground, seated on a rock island in […]
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Chinese New Year 2017, spent in Taitung with the family. The night before we had visited an old friend of the mother, and had gone for an evening walk along the old disused railway, past the old school they had attended half a century ago, to the platform of Malan Station. The next day we […]