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ticopolotatuado: Tai Iglesias

Fri, 31 May 2013 03:30:01 +0100

ticopolotatuado:

Tai Iglesias

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Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:25:11 +0000

http://www.ccoi.ie/irishcraftportfolio2010/denis-brown.html

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 22:05:10 +0000

http://www.ccoi.ie/irishcraftportfolio2010/denis-brown.html

prettyclever: Matthew Tapia (via @tomlewek, @friendsoftype)

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:26:50 +0000

prettyclever:

Matthew Tapia

(via @tomlewek, @friendsoftype)

monaux: Poe.

Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:25:30 +0000

monaux:

Poe.

betype: Greatness Quote

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:39:43 +0000

betype:

Greatness Quote

ticopolotatuado: Crispy Lennox

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:39:11 +0000

ticopolotatuado:

Crispy Lennox

ticopolotatuado: Stacey Ann

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 19:23:07 +0000

ticopolotatuado:

Stacey Ann

betype: Domino’s Pizza typographic packaging by Scott Pridgen...

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:25:26 +0000

betype:

Domino’s Pizza typographic packaging by Scott Pridgen Design Co.

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Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:24:10 +0000

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Sun, 20 May 2012 15:49:11 +0100

6 Banyan Temple

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:08:14 +0100

I flew into China last night, and after a slightly scary taxi right from the airport (at least it was quick) I arrived at the apartment. There was no sign of the promised storms so I thought I’d been lucky with the weather but this morning proved otherwise.

I awoke to the sound of thunder and my first thought was “there goes my day of sightseeing”, but then I figured I could either be dry or culturally elnightened, so I chose not to be dry.

Guangzhou in the rain is pretty amazing, everyone carries a large umbrella which is slightly frightening when you’re a foot taller than most of the population. The huge numbers of umbrellad people combined with all of the Kanji and neon lights make the place seem like poundland has produced remake of Bladerunner.

I decided to go to the 6 Banyan tree temple (which of course has only 3 Banyan trees), it was cheap to get in (about 50p) but not to get out, a monk requests a donation of about £10 for temple repairs as you leave. After seeing the place, it’s hard to begrudge that and the visit is still a bargain.

As you go in you’re greeted by the 4 great kings.

In front of each is a traditional offering of fruit. What you might not be able to see from the photo is that the little pyramids of oranges are held up with large amounts of sellotape. There’s something very typical of Guangzhou here, in that amidst lots of beauty you can easily find something ugly, out of place and extremely practical.

There are two main aspects to the temple. A pagoda (which you aren’t allowed to enter) and a shrine hall containing 3 giant Buddhas.

The pagoda is known as known as the Lotus Pagoda. Inside it is supported by a pillar carved with 1023 Buddhas (guess you’ll have to take their word for it). It was built in 1097. It’s also said to house an unspecified relic of the Buddha.

Behind the Pagoda is the main shrine hall with 3 giant Buddhas.

Pictured here from left to right are the Buddhas Amitabha, Sakyamuni and Maitreya. To give you a rough idea of scale the stack of oranges in front of Amitabha is at about head height. There’s an amazing feeling of reverence about this place. People are continually offering incense from one of the dozen Buddhist shops outside the temple. There are kneeling pads in front of every shrine and the whole place is extremely quiet.

It was a great place to visit, although my slight jet-lag may have leant the place an other-worldly quality which might otherwise have been absent.

Also on the way back to the tube station I passed six shops in a row selling nothing but remote controls. They each had controls for TV’s, aircon units and stereos from floor to ceiling. Not quite as impressive as the three Buddhas but sight to see none the less.

tastefullyoffensive: [mikel]

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:01:13 +0100

tastefullyoffensive:

[mikel]

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Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:02:00 +0000

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Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:12:14 +0000

fuckyeahtattoos: Another stunner from W. T. Norbert at Inner...

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:08:23 +0000

fuckyeahtattoos:

Another stunner from W. T. Norbert at Inner Vision Tattoo in Sydney. This is my 2nd tattoo from Norbert and she is absolutely beautiful. Over the moon with the result

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Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:45:00 +0000

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Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:58:48 +0000

Saturday mornings me and my Mum would watch this. It was our...

Sun, 01 May 2011 16:00:00 +0100

Saturday mornings me and my Mum would watch this. It was our favourite cartoon.