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Now this is a garden with stone!
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Posted by Herb Victoria, B.C. (My Page) on Tue, Aug 31, 04 at 13:31
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| Have viewed the photos in this album several times since it was posted but just didn't respond because wanted it to stay on top. How interesting to see photos of a beautiful and far away country. EP |
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- Posted by jgandy Chicago, IL (My Page) on
Mon, Nov 29, 04 at 15:56
| I was in Beijing in late May and have pictures of some of these places. We took lots of garden pics. I was lucky because my in-laws took me to many places that would not normally be visited by Westerners. Beautiful country. |
RE: Now this is a garden with stone!
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- Posted by yama 7b Ga (My Page) on
Mon, Dec 27, 04 at 23:11
Hi Herb
Did you take phtos while you are in China ?.........mike |
RE: Now this is a garden with stone!
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- Posted by Herb Victoria, B.C. (My Page) on
Tue, Dec 28, 04 at 0:35
| Hi, Mike, No, alas, they aren't my pictures. I just happened to come across somebody else's album on the Internet. Herb |
RE: Now this is a garden with stone!
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Hi Herb,
I only looked at the first photo in the album that you linked us to and my first emotion when I enlarged the photo was " contrived" , as in forced and out of context with the courtyard surroundings . It feels like this a sculpture in bondage.
That dinky little fence corralling that gigantic stone . This composition did not speak to my sence of aesthetics.
But it sure is a badass stone ! |
RE: Now this is a garden with stone!
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- Posted by Herb Victoria, B.C. (My Page) on
Thu, Jan 6, 05 at 23:03
| Hi Mich! It certainly can't be mistaken for a Japanese garden! I like both the Japanese and Chinese styles, despite their differences. To me, Japanese gardens are subtle, exquisite, subdued and almost spiritual, whereas Chinese ones are bold and exude a powerful impression of supreme (and well-justified) confidence. Vancouver, B.C. is lucky - it has a superb example of each - the Nitobe Japanese Garden in the grounds of UBC and the Sun Yat Sen Garden in Chinatown. Herb |
RE: Now this is a garden with stone!
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- Posted by Cady 6b/Sunset34 MA (My Page) on
Fri, Jan 14, 05 at 12:23
| In scenic Salem, Massachusetts, the courtyard of the Peabody Essex Museum has a big, honkin' "scholar stone" like that. It came from the bottom of a lake in Suzhou, as well. Getting up close to a behemoth like that, full of pits and holes and Escher-esque angles and curves, is a mind-altering experience. |
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