DAILY PHOTO: Koxinga’s Shrine
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Random [Haiku]
waves jet upward
with unpredictable rhythm:
glance away, miss it.
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Hibiscus [Haiku]
hibiscus flowers
show their bright colors
on a winter day.
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DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from Ximending
PROMPT: Birth Year
Share what you know about the year you were born.
Wow. Not a lot. The war in Vietnam was in full swing, and Nixon was in the White House, but nothing else springs to mind. Over the years, I’ve looked it up, including the big books and films of the year, but it’s all utterly unrememberable. It hasn’t been long since I looked up what film won the Oscar, and I forgot it — something that no one but film school students and niche art historians are aware of today. (i.e. Nothing that shows up on your Netflix “Classic Films” feed.)
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Hot Springs [Haiku]
cool winter day:
clouds form thickly over
the hot springs.
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DAILY PHOTO: Yehliu Geologic Park Formations
PROMPT: Character
Are you a good judge of character?
I’m good at judging who IS a character, but probably not so much a judge of who HAS character. People are demonstrably overestimative of their ability to draw conclusions about other people’s internal characteristics. (I cite as an example that study about interview subjects asked to hold either warm or cold coffee in the hand they would use to shake interviewer’s hands.) So, I’m probably better than people who think they are good at it, while still not being good at it.
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Stormy Shore [Haiku]
waves hit rocky shore
and spout a geyser that rains
like a mini squall.
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Fierce Creatures [Haiku]
city, nightfall:
the temple’s fierce creatures
turn nightmare shapes.
Tiger Riding for Beginners 