Thailand
Through Harold’s Lens:
Tranquility embraced her space
Dressed in flowing green silk
Wearing a contagious smile
Delicate hands
Held each other
In tight embrace.
Tip of sable hair
Gently touched
Palettes of beauty.
Reds
Blues
Greens
Blacks
Blends.
Asian history
Thousands of years
Personal history
A lifetime.
Her dreams
Flowed
Floated.
Narrated a story
Narrated a love
Narrated a heart.
Her hand-painted fan.
Wonderful words Harold, with a photo to match.
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The thing I like most in this photo is the delicate fingers holding the fan. Not all that young any more, they have known love and loss. And yet, despite life, they hold a symbol of joy and beauty. The other fingers are adorned with rings, but slightly out of focus – which emphasises the importance of preserving the Self while belonging to the Other. A magical, beautiful picture that tells a story. The fan, itself, becomes the wings those hands need to be alive. Thank you, Harold, for making me look, and look again.
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Amos, thank you. A peek! A peek! Then, a peek again! See what is new, undiscovered in a previous glance. How often I have done this with your flowing words and books, Amos. Especially on my fourth read of your absolutely engaging book, Imagine! Africa.
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Thank you so much, Harold!
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Beautiful, Harold.
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Thank you Hugs!
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🙂
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Elegant, lively words and photo. Thanks again!
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Thank you dear Cynthia. T’was a treat to quietly stroll through artist studio after artist studio weaving around beautiful hand-painted umbrellas and fans.
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Yes, how fortunate! Glad you can share these experiences with us.
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I enjoyed your photo, poem and your reply to Ute. Thank you, Harold!
russ
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russ, our Creative Team is happy that you enjoyed to entire experience. Miss Positive(Ute) is frosting on my cake of humanity.
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Nice picture, nice poem!
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Happy you enjoyed YellowCable.
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I love those fans, I bought a handpainted one there , a big one to put on the wall, I think they have such beautiful colours! there are lots of colourful handmade things there!
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Ute,
To stand still, or passionately move slowly between the artists of the fan, carefully keeping the tranquility and peace, while softly capturing their life is a magical, beautiful dream.
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Harold you said this so beautifully!
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