Tag: Culture
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Windows 24
Windows 24 Food for thought – and a smile -, from Saint-Trivier-de Courtes, from Louhans, and from Vonnas. Photos of the week: France 2024
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3 x Lady Tanetmit
3 x Lady Tanetmit When looking at old Egyptian art with representation of human beings I am often touched by the delicate beauty and refinement of a face, a mouth, a look. The thousands of years that separate us disappear, and I feel like standing face to face with the image of a timeless, living…
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Stand-ins
Stand-ins This collection of funerary servants (shabtis) was found in the tomb of Neferibreheb who lived around 500 BC. Every day one of them is supposed to take the place of the deceased and work in the fields of the afterlife. Wrapped in a shroud like Osiris – the god of the dead and the…
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Fleurie
Fleurie This may be a trompe l’oeil, but the good wines of Burgundy never deceive us. Photo of the week: Vineyard trompe l’oeil, Fleurie, France 2013
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Mosquito meditation
Mosquito meditation “How funny, the mosquito in my cup looks like one of the characters on my bib”, thus the Jizo seems to think. Or is it not a mosquito? Or does the character on the bib refer to something completely different? Or is the Jizo amused about my silly thoughts when I took his…
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From statues to stones
From statues to stones Jizo protects the souls of untimely deceased children – even the ones that never saw the light of day – and he guides them on their way to a peaceful afterlife. Each Jizo statue was once placed here by the grieving parent(s) of one of those little children. “Falling freely, tears…
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Chisaku-in garden
Chisaku-in garden Sen no Rikyu, the legendary Japanese Tea master, is said to have loved the garden of the Chisaku-in temple. Rikyu died in 1591, while the temple was constructed in 1601. So the garden must have been layed out well before. I can imagine Rikyu sitting on a rock, contemplating the beauty of the…
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Worshiping mess
Worshiping mess Colours, spices, milk, coconuts, flowers, sweets and what not are used as offerings to the multitude of Hindu gods. In many temples and shrines one can see that devotees like making a mess of it. A holy mess. With a little paint and a bit of good will a stone can be transformed…
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In your mother’s footsteps
In your mother’s footsteps Trying out your mother’s footwear; who hasn’t done that when still a child? Photo of the week: Ganj, Orchha, India 2017
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Nang Sida strip
Nang Sida strip Nang Sida (Sita), wife of Prince Phra Ram (Rama), is enjoying herself alone in the beautiful natural surroundings of the palace. Then Thotsakan (Ravana), the king of the demons, appears to her and abducts her to his palace in Lanka. A dramatic event in the Ramakien visualised as an enchanting strip. Photos…
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