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: Oni Sculptures, Temple of the Tooth – Singapore

DAILY PHOTO: Belur Gopura [Chennakeshava Temple]

DAILY PHOTO: Wood Carving

“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!

DAILY PHOTO: Stone Art at Ambedkar Gate, Lucknow

Dragons [Lyric Poem]

I see Dragons on the walls
Of temples and market stalls.
From Shanghai to London way,
I've seen them by night and day.
I've seen them skewered by St. George
And belching flame like a forge.
I saw one once in Baku,
But never saw one in a Zoo.