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Tag Archives: arts
Thursday, September 20, 2012
 “I want people to be overwhelmed with light and color in a way they have never experienced.” ~ Dale Chihuly I was first “introduced” to Dale Chihuly’s glass installation-artworks in Canberra in 1999. It was while I was wandering around Floriade, Canberra’s festival of spring flowers which is held annually in the park along Lake Burley Griffin, that…
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Posted inFine Arts,USATags: arts,arts and crafts,artworks,blog,Chihuly,Dale Chihuly,fine art,glass,Photo Blog,sculpture,travel,Travel Blog,Ursula Wall
 Angkor Wat. There can be no symbol more iconic of Cambodia’s attempts to guard its glorious Khmer past or of it’s hope for a self-determined future. The world’s largest religious monument, built between 1113 and 1150 during the reign of Suryavarman II, Angkor Wat was designed as a microcosm of the Hindu universe. The outer moat represents…
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Posted inArchitecture,Cambodia,Culture,Every Day Life,History,Religious Practice,TravelTags: Angkor Wat,architecture,arts,blog,buddhism,dance,dancer,hindu,hinduism,monk,museum,people,Photo Blog,portrait,portraits,religion,sculpture,travel,Travel Blog,UNESCO,Ursula Wall,worship
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