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Some people like to bar-hop in their free time, but shamash likes to temple-hop. A self-proclaimed "bohemian god-seeker", I’m hooked on the smoke of incense, the buzz of gold-on-red lacquer, and the high I get from watching the dancing street dragons.
-photos by shamash
Try buying a piglet and then finding a red dress to fit.
Try burning paper money and trying NOT to free the caged sparrows.
Here in this country “Somewhere in Asia”, this Chinese New Year was celebrated in grand style:
Dragon-chasing, litchi martinis, Chinese dumplings, and the robe of an emperor.
-----photo by shamash
Back where my Pennsylvania family lives, this is what I might see if I walked down the road.
(image via tony)
While strolling the other morning in this city “Somewhere in Asia” I snapped this shot of a novice monk with his begging bowl.
By the grace of God and the Buddha, I live in both worlds.
Despite appearances, these worlds are not that different.
Really.
What do a tattooed Hell’s Angel, a parachute, a shot of whiskey, a motorbike, Jimmy Carter, and a cockroach have in common?
image via Flomenhaft Gallery
