Tied to the prow
Long colourful scarves
Honouring the water spirits
And Mae Yanang
Goddess of journeys
A bid for safe passage
And good fortune
Long colourful scarves
Honouring the water spirits
And Mae Yanang
Goddess of journeys
A bid for safe passage
And good fortune
Some see superstition
And irrationality
I see a deeper wisdom:
A belief that the world
Should be made beautiful
To honour the spirit
Of existence
Spirit Scarves
Krabi
Thailand
Krabi
Thailand
Taken during travels, 1995
Some see our superstitions and spiritual beliefs as a cage which can only be unlocked by the application of reason and the method of inquiry called science. Perhaps there is some truth in that. But what I also see is how belief and a sense of spiritual connection underlies much of our art. Few poets and painters rely on science or articulate reason for inspiration, for thematic gesture.
So where others see a cage, I see the spirit unleashed.
And all that is justification enough to post this as a response to Jennifer Nichole Wells‘ One Word Photo Challenge which, this week, happens to be Cage
On a bit more of a stretch, when our bus arrived in Krabi, there were more longtails than necessary to transport the passengers onward to Railay Beach. These were the spares… so a response to this week’s WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge.