Peccioli is a charming village on the rolling hills of Valdera and a delight to explore on foot. While strolling through the street, I was almost fooled by the window on this corner house. Look again, it's actually a painted on window known as trompe l’oeil (trick of the eye).
Read More7th Solar Term: Summer Begins, May 6. The beginning of summer with the influx of heat and strong thunderstorms. This is also the period where crops will enter their peak season for growth.
第七節氣：立夏。「萬物至此皆長大」、是夏天的開始
Read MoreThis is a bike that has been through many days of braving the sun, the wind, and the rain. I especially like the delicate touches left on the tray and dustpan whose once-bright colors had slowly faded into this beautiful new pastel palette of light amber and icy blue.
Read MoreI like this clear and precise separation of light and shadow on the rhombus shape wall. In the shadow side, the arch-shaped door has receded into the darkness making the entrance almost too easy to be overlooked.
Read MoreAn enormous mobile crane is a common sight in the active quarries of Carrara. From afar, these creamy, flawless marble blocks remind me of the delicate tofu cubes readily to be sliced into smaller pieces, and will surely fall apart if not handled carefully.
Read MoreSynthetic and primary pigments up top, neutral in the middle and earth pigments towards the bottom row. Seeing how one arranges their color assortment never fails to excite me.
Read MoreBlack and white, positive and negative, hero and villain, acid and alkaline, with and without. I find this stark contrast simple, minimal, powerful.
Read MoreEarth Day is an annual global environmental movement celebrated on April 22. To me, every day is Earth Day. Happy belated Earth Day 2019! 🕊🦚✌️
Read MoreI am attracted to the different tones of green in this photo, especially the next area where the entire space has been dramatized by an eerie teal green glow. It is an illusion caused by the surrounding tinted glass, making the separation feels like a doorway to an unknown dimension.
Read More6th Solar Term: Grain Rain, April 20. This marks the end of spring with a rapid rise in temperature and rainfall. It is a significant time for agriculture.
第六節氣：穀雨。「雨水生百穀」、是春季的最後一個節氣。
Read MoreThe subtle, gentle, yet firmly rooted Soft Summer palette.
Read MoreTwo strange rocks. This work of Mother Nature stands on the north coast of Taiwan — The Twin Candlestick Islets, originally a natural arch but the top has collapsed making them look like two candlesticks. From this angle, I almost thought they look more like two proud sea lions.
Read MoreThe iconic Cypress trees of Tuscany, I couldn’t help but wanted to capture these human-like elegant figures of a dancer, a youngling and two lovebirds.
Read MoreTraditional stone-paved streets are fairly common around Arashiyama. I like the placement of the stones in this composition especially the subtle red stone that reminds me of a third eye sitting right in the middle of the forehead.
Read MoreIn winter, these cherry trees that stretch few miles along Meguro River are stripped to bare bones, exposing a glimpse of the red arch bridge afar. The hint of red is also reflected in the river making it hard for one to take the eye off this welcoming burst of red.
Read MoreThe beauty of sheer effort to tell one to stay away from the turtle eggs 🐢 🥚. I find it fascinating to see a wide range of materials used to fence off this area — A green plastic milk crate, some wood planks, and stakes, a handful of rocks and stones, a piece of red fabric, two written notes with sheet protectors and a few yards of thick linen thread.
Read MoreHiroshi Sugimoto's Confession of Zero discreetly resides in an 18th-century chapel with a small window as the only source of light in the space. As I entered the space before adjusting to the darkness around, my eye was drawn to these two triangular shadows facing off against each other — with so much tension and energy.
Read More5th Solar Term: Pure Brightness, April 4-6. As temperatures begin to rise and rainfall increases, trees turn green, flowers blossom, and the sun shines brightly, everything returns to life.
第五節氣：清明。「清明、乃天清地明之意。」
Read MoreI can't seem to take my eyes off the white door frame painted in the whitest white. It is casting an illusion as if walking through the door will take you elsewhere other than into the house itself.
Read MoreI am surprised by the amount of rectangle in this photograph. Like solving a perception puzzle challenge, I couldn't help but want to find as many rectangles as I can.
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