styles

This kind of stencil decoration is quite often used

in the wats, in this case on a scriptures box

I didn't notice this kind of narrative stucco decoration 

as much, though I've seen it in Laos

What you do see at the end of months of rain, is how

the exuberance of decoration might derive

from the flowers, vines, trees 

that are everywhere proliferating.

invisible exports

blue signs

No idea what the sign means, it looks good.

So did blue sky, it meant no rain today.

another piece from the always interesting bldgblog

mirrors

I'll be adding photos from my Thailand trip for

quite a while yet. I love the mirrored walls at different

wats, but its hard to show their effect: each small movement

of the viewer/camera sees another facet, &, in the larger

pieces, with movement around, you'd never

get the same result twice. 

2 fascinating pieces on bldgblog

slow

Walking quite slowly helps me to see more, plus

one's attention is drawn to different subjects at 

different times, wouldn't you say?

Had to retire to the aircon sometimes, too. 

& I was getting some dental work done.

Probably have thousands of buddha photos,

always room for more..

jonathon jones on art... what people don't often mention

is that its dealers & collectors who profit,

not so often the artist.

chiang mai

Dragons decorate every wat, but this is the only crocodile

I saw, don't know if they live so far north

In fact it didn't rain much, though it was

extremely humid 

& geckos were about, looking for their share of other wildlife.

land art taking to the air

hot & wet

Everything growing, including weeds, was green

& prolific. I noticed that in the darker wats,

an out of focus shot could still be interesting.

& that wats are mostly an artwork in progress, so there

is always something new - or previously un-noticed. 

I think I visited almost every wat

at least once; for one I waited the whole month,

the restorations were complete on the last day.

collage on colossal

home

The best part of flying, for me - the only good part, really -

is looking out the window.

This was over Malaysia, on my way to Chiang Mai.

As I've been there several times, I wasn't sure it would

still be interesting for photography. It was a different time 

of year, the end of the wet season, the trees were magnificent,

& anyway we always see things differently,

wouldn't you agree? Also very hot.

I stayed most of the month at Baan Ramida