DAILY PHOTO: Songwol-dong Fairy Tale Village

DAILY PHOTO: Little Buddhas

PROMPT: Music

Daily writing prompt
What is your favorite genre of music?

I’m not one for favorites; I think it’s a form of experiential laziness. That said, there is music that has particular emotional resonance for me because it’s what was playing where I was when I was when I was younger — mostly rock and indie rock.

PROMPT: Romantic

Daily writing prompt
What’s your definition of romantic?

With a big-R, it’s a philosophical and artistic movement that served as a counterweight to the Enlightenment by advocating for Idealism (versus Materialism) and spirituality (if not necessarily religiosity.)

With a small-R, it’s the skill or proclivity to advance conditions for amorousness.

That’s why capitalization matters.

DAILY PHOTO: ArtLane, Hong Kong

DAILY PHOTO: Oni Sculptures, Temple of the Tooth – Singapore

DAILY PHOTO: Belur Gopura [Chennakeshava Temple]

DAILY PHOTO: Wood Carving

PROMPT: Live Performance

Daily writing prompt
What was the last live performance you saw?

A local theater group’s performance of “My Fair Lady” a couple months ago… Unless, you count several minutes watching a group of fire jugglers on the beach in Krabi.

“One of the ‘Hundred Views of Fuji,’ by Hokusai” by Amy Lowell [w/ Audio]

     Being thirsty,
I filled a cup with water,
And, behold! -- Fuji-yama lay upon the water,
Like a dropped leaf!