Because I find some of the most striking visual art when prowling through people’s Instagram posts. This is the second installment in a series of more brief articles I’m doing revolving around one image by a living artist, taken from an Instagram post. This time I reproduced the whole post, and I’ll also share the…
Read MoreGame Over, new pencil drawing
I’m not going to say what this is about. Look at it. It’s written in a universal language. I recommend clicking on it and looking at it for at least 30 seconds, otherwise you haven’t even given it a chance or tried to get it. People look at art in a way that is the…
Read MoreMandalay Monk & Spires
Composed of several photos I took in Burma/Myanmar, I think there’s enough ambiguity (such as in terms of the boy’s expression) to avoid a clichéd depiction of a Buddhist monk, while also having a palpable mystical quality (especially in the shadowy, undulating backdrop). Incidentally, I created this while living in a one room cabin in…
Read MoreSplashdown in Sukhothai for Songkran
My initiation into Songkran (Thai “new year” and water “play” festival) this year was less than pleasant – a lot less. On reflection, it was “initiation by fire,” in terms of metaphor, but “by water” in reality. I was walking through a marketplace in Sukothai – which mercifully sees a fraction of the number of…
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