I recently came across a gallery, La Lanta first on-line and later in person and thought I should encourage you to take a tour. It was a piece by the Bangkok Post on Photocubism by M.L. Mingmongkok Sonakul that caught my attention. Here are some examples that I found of interest and like to share with you.
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A Different Perspective
Posted in thai culture, thai life, tagged la lanta gallery, M.L. Mingmongkok Sonakul, photocubism, sukumvit 31 on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Escape or confront? What’s your choice?
Posted in Reflections, thai culture, thai life, tagged can we live with change, make choices, red or yellow or no colour on November 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We all dream of living our life peacefully without facing any major changes that might have an impact our daily life!
Take Bangkok traffic, we all seems to be able to cope with idiosyncratic drivers, taking short cuts that occasionally end their lives. But when we have to face major roadwork that will improve the traffic conditions and road [...]
Unretouched Beauty
Posted in thai culture, thai life, tagged beauty, dove campaign, unretouched beauty on October 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I was talking about the concept of beauty in my earlier post and the subject seems to be in the air! I read in yesterday Daily Express that there will be an exhibition this coming Thursday at Central World called Unretouched Beauty. A photographic display of unretouched well known celebrities in this land of the Big Mango [...]
Is beauty in the eyes of the beholders? If so how would you define it?
Posted in thai culture, thai life, tagged art, Beyond Beauty, Chairat Sangthong, contemporary painting on October 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It is not often that we spend time questioning the definition of beauty here, in Thailand. Most of us are perfectly happy to be spoon-fed images of beauty by the fashion industries or the media and come to accept these as the norm. Not much room for any debate on the subject or opportunity to learn where this definition [...]
The Oldest Swinger In Town
Posted in thai culture, thai life, tagged Bangkok giant swing, festival, sao ching cha on September 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Now if you think that this blog is about the hedonistic lifestyle of people who hate the idea of committing to one partner at a time then I have to apologise. I had a different kind of swinger in mind.
At least I got your attention for however brief the moment!
What I’m referring to is the Hindu Vedic [...]