Monday, November 4, 2013

April 14

"I'm afraid someone will accuse me of tainting a platonic situation.
Are you satisfied with the present condition?"

-- subtitles to maudlin pop ballad on Myanmar TV, which followed a brilliant ad for the city of Nay Pyi Taw -- "Come visit our capital". Sung to a bouncy rhythm by a bouncy woman with colored lights chroma-keyed into the background; wavy arms and gyrations, a sort of budget-Bollywood aesthetic.

Friday, November 1, 2013

Travel Sketchbook - Sui Dragon


Detail from a stone bridge balustrade. At the National Museum in Beijing.