These wooden sculptures are on the UW Bothell campus. The solo figure in the photo is about 8 feet tall. The trailer Art is part of Cascadia College, across from the figure sculptures.

"Kanji" post #2: I went out to dinner with friends one night in Japan. Most of the discussion was in English, and at one point, a Japanese person and a Korean person came to an impasse in their discussion. I looked over and they were pointing their forefingers in the air and mimicking the lines of specific Kanji, Chinese characters. And they would go "oh, yes..." in understanding. I imagined seeing the lines they were forming in neon colors. It was beautiful.

I pulled these short videos off of a Kanji practice website.   

 

I've always liked the Chinese character stamps in old Chinese paintings. The flowing brush strokes of calligraphy art also, and the not knowing what Arabic lines mean...I've always just enjoyed the aesthetics of the characters. Reinholz in German means Clean or Pure, and Wood or Forest. I played with the idea of hanko stamps (personal seal stamps in Japan) yesterday, using these characters on one of my photographs...

a few more shots from yesterday, with some pre-Fall colors and a few shadows...

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walked through the gardens around McMenamins the other morning...

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 coconut trees...

warm tree, cold tree...

When we lived in the South end, one of my favorite vantage points for photos was a bridge by the Tukwila Community Center. The walkway was on the East side of the bridge, and I would point my camera Eastward along the Green River. I loved the changing seasons...

more leaves in water photos from old blogs...

I love the old Classic Car Shows! These shots are from a weekend show quite a few years ago...

 from old blogs...

looking through some of my old blogs - these are from 2014