Showing posts with label Palace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Palace. Show all posts

Friday, February 25, 2011

a couple of beers with Mark, Elephant & Castle Toronto Feb 16 2011


Mark just got back from India of one month of travel with such good memories over the land of mysteries.
The trip was not the first time for him to the place, rather he is kind of an expert in the geography.
He has still passion for the country to know further however..

It's always good to hear about the continent from anybody
cause I am a big fan about their culture, landscape and historical richness & profoundness.





Bibi Qa Macbara Aurangabad

 Ibrahim-Rousa-Bijapur

Mehtar Mahal Aurangabad



Sunday, March 7, 2010

tous les jours.. comme au premier jour.., 덕수궁 Duksoogoong Palace Seoul Korea Jun 9 2006

comme au premier jour.. Andre Gagnon


don't know why..
the pieces of sound & melody of Andre Gagnon
keep reminding me of the place of the palace..
where I have been visiting for a long period of time
from my infant age till recently couple of years ago..

my mom who passed away long time ago
used to bring me & my brother hand in hand in here
to take just a walk..



comme au premier jour.. Andre Gagnon

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Windows of Sophistication which fascinate me all the time.., Palacial Homestead Kyungbokgoong Palace Seoul Korea Jul 21 2009

I don't know how many spokes of horizontal & vertical ones
needed to complete a piece of the window.
Maybe the more they need for the windows for people in higher status in the dynasty.

More sophistication, more elaboration, more money, more creativity, more artisans..
for the authorities living inside the extremely sealed space of palace.

Anyway, I like the Korean traditional style of wooden window.
Those are very much echo friendly allowing air in and out freely
though there is definitely an issue of thermal isolation
in freezing windy winter time.

The traditional paper used for the window is made of hard pulp
under unique way of production and it lasts more than couple of 100 years..


전통적 나무 창을 이루는 수직, 수평의 창살이
몇개로 이루어져 있는지는 모르겠다.
아마도 소유자의 지위고하에 따라
그 격자의 간격 및 숫자도 달라질 수 있을 것 같다.

격자의 수가 많을 수록 격자의 무늬가 가지는 의미가 깊고 다양할 수록
더 많은 공덕과 노역 그리고 자금이 투여되었을 터,
모든 권세를 휘둘렀을 세도가들에게 못 할 게 무었이었을까..

하지만.. 경복궁 궁전을 이루는 많은 殿 및 堂 들의
얼굴을 차지하는 문들의 창살이 하나같이 가장 단순한 형태의
수직, 수평 구조의 격자 무늬만 가져 갔다는 것이
내게는 대단한 매력으로 다가왔다.

그러한 깨끗하고 단순한 창살을 보다 보면,
웬지 예전의 깨끗한 선비를 만나고 있는 듯한 느낌이 들어
기분이 아주 따뜻해지고 맑아 진다..

佛殿의 나무 창살들에 새겨진 소박하기도 현란하기도 한 문양들은
수행자들 뿐 아니라 방문객들에게 창살들만 조용히 살펴 보아도
마음 한켠에 자비심 과 불심이 살아나게끔 하기도 한다.


Tuesday, September 22, 2009

思賢門 Gate of Pondering Goodness (for People), 경복궁 Kyungbokgoong Palace Seoul Korea Jul 21 2009

Hopefully the name plate of the gate
reminds people who thrive inside the power circle
of what makes them to stay there still..

"Good "for the people..
which is simple but the most powerful
philosophy of governance for the dynasty
as well as for now.

Friday, September 4, 2009

雨中宮 a Sudden Shower at the Palace, Changkyunggoong Palace Seoul Korea Jul 25 2009

Yes..
I was sitting on the very old foor
made of wooden panels
which have been aged
more than couple of hundreds years..

At the same space but different time zone..
trying hard to feel the people dwelt in the palace..

Yes..
the sudden shower of hot & humid summer
made me shorten the chronological distance
between now and then..

Really don't know
why the Creator allowed us
dare to think about eternity..
living only less than 100 years physically..
.. shoot...!...


Nicola Di Bari: Il Cuore È Uno Zingaro : 마음은 집시..
Nicola Di Bari: I giorni dell'arcobaleno 무지개 같은 나날..
..

갑자기 검은 구름이 홀연히 모여들더니
굵은 소나기가 내리기가 시작했다.
마침 회랑 끝의 마루가 있어
그곳에 신발을 벗고 올라가 앉아
쏟아지는 비를 바라보았다.

아무런 생각없이
궁궐의 작은 시내물 위로 쏟아지는
소나기 방울 방울들을
무심코 바라보고만 있었다..

All of a sudden, dark clouds gathered together
just above the palace for the shower for 10 minutes..
And I was sitting on the very old wooden floor
at the end of the long corridor..
without pondering anything
but staring the drops of the shower in the tiny creek..

Friday, July 24, 2009

香遠亭 a Pond in the Palace, Kyungbokgoong Palace Seoul Korea 21 Jul 2009

Traditional authentic garden in Korea is quite not easy to differentiate where the garden starts from the surrounding nature. Completely different from the ones in Japan which are extremely artificially created, gardens in Korea never draw any boundary between the nature and man-made things..