DAILY PHOTO: Painted Tree in Kochi

Taken in Kochi (Cochin) on July 7, 2014.

Taken in Kochi (Cochin) on July 7, 2014.

DAILY PHOTO: Art Restoration at the Royal Palace

Taken on October 2012 in Phnom Penh's Royal Palace

Taken on October 2012 in Phnom Penh’s Royal Palace

DAILY PHOTO: Under-Canopy Art Market

Taken on July 20, 2014 at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath in Bangalore

Taken on July 20, 2014 at the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath in Bangalore

 

DAILY PHOTO: Fancy Sign for Unfancy Behavior

Taken May 23, 2014 in Indiranagar.

Taken May 23, 2014 in Indiranagar.

This was taken at the Goethe Institute in Bangalore. Normally one doesn’t see such fancy signage requesting one refrain from urination because… well, because all the urine on such signs tend to erode the paint away.

DAILY PHOTO: Spinning Gandhi Spun

Taken May 18, 2014 in Bangalore

Taken May 18, 2014 in Bangalore

DAILY PHOTO: Sand Wonders

Taken May 18, 2014 at the MG Road Metro Art Station.

Taken May 18, 2014 at the MG Road Metro Art Station.

Taken May 18, 2014

Taken May 18, 2014

I’ve been a delinquent poster as of late. However, I took some photos over the past few days so that I can at least resume my Daily Photo posts.  Look for some Book Reviews in the near future and after a week or two I should be up to writing some posts about my adventures in the study of Yoga, Thai Yoga Bodywork (and Tok Sen), and Kalaripayattu.

This was taken at the art station that runs along MG Road between MG Road Station and St. Mark’s Road. This area displays a mix of permanent and temporary exhibits. This exhibit, made out of sand, obviously fits in the latter category. It consisted of seven prominent man-made creations. (While the display poster referred do the  seven wonders, some of the depictions were part of the traditional seven wonders–e.g. the Great Wall, Taj Mahal, and the Roman Colosseum, and others were not–e.g. the Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty.)

DAILY PHOTO: Chamundeshwari Temple Metal Art

Taken in November of 2014 in Mysore.

Taken in November of 2014 in Mysore on Chamundi Hill.

DAILY PHOTO: Tibetan Tanka

 

Taken on March 29, 2014 at Namdroling Monastery.

Taken on March 29, 2014 at Namdroling Monastery.

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DAILY PHOTO: Modern Art For The Sitting

Taken in December of 2013 in Kuala Lumpur.

Taken in December of 2013 in Kuala Lumpur.

In Kuala Lumpur we came across this little wooded area to the side of an office tower. Planted among the trees were these curvy, ornately painted benches.

As I’ve mentioned before, being a weary traveler on occasion, I’m frequently dismayed by artists who take up valuable and precious bench space with their bronze creations. This on the other hand, was a magnificent find, art that one could sit down on and rest one’s feet. As you can see, the benches were quite popular.

DAILY PHOTO: Towering 4-Handed Guardian

Taken November 2, 2013 at Hampi

Taken November 2, 2013 at Hampi.

These guardians of the inner sanctum can be seen here and there throughout Hampi.

I assume they were meant to be guardians and not just four-handed mutant freaks doing yoga stretches to loosen up their leg abductor muscles.