March 22, 2007
Gate and Shadow
This is practically the only picture that I took in China that I like. The juxstaposition between old and new, the robotic tower with the ubiquitous blue and white advertisement that's painted on country walls and barns everywhere "China Mobile" - it looks so nice in Mandarin. The sense of cage or prison. The fence with its half hearts and arrows - and the plethora of triangles.
What can I say, taking technically poor pictures of roadside attractions, ethnic dancing and Chinese scenery is simply not my cup of tea. I find that I am not enjoying my blog at the moment either, because, for some reason, I feel obligated to write about China when other interesting things are drawing my attention, like the sixteen day gap in the emails that the justice department supplied to Congress regarding the firing of federal prosecutors, and the discovery of a most breathtaking 1992 silent film on Google Video named "Baraka". I shall let China integrate and bubble up when appropriate. China bubbles up quite a bit in "Baraka".
Photo note: A metaphorophoto. I seem to have been locking myself in a prison of my own making -- hey, I'm the big blog boss around here. I get to put up anything that suits my fancy. I even get to manage my own thoughts ....when I pay attention. It's such a shame that that's so easy to forget. Actually, a gate in Shaping, China
Posted by Dakota at March 22, 2007 08:15 AM