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| Marilyn Monroe by Eve Arnold resting during a break filming. |
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| Thai model, Sukanay Konin by photographer, Batt Suwannachot as an Ideal! |
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| The color purple in rapture! |
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| The Burning Lotus, a photographer of self, and her divinity. |
Showing posts with label Thailand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thailand. Show all posts
Thursday, September 28, 2017
HIGH ART collection
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Acknowleging a sensitive photographer.
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| Thai model Amie Pinyapa by Thitiwut Arpornwichanop!!!! |
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Thai model Patty Chocowhite by Thitiwut Arpornwichanop
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Saturday, January 7, 2017
8 Miles from home...
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| Nan Province Thailand |
"I have had an adventurous life. I want to travel to Thailand to be still in the spaces there."
Dawn Wolf, Keeper of Stories
Nan Province in Thailand
Tucked under the Laotian border in Thailand’s extreme north, Nan Province has a long history of independent or semi-autonomous rule based on its remoteness more than anything else. Even now this isolated, rural expanse doesn’t quite get the same amount of tourist trade as other regions in Thailand. But traveler accommodations are increasing, and visitors are generously rewarded with vistas of forested mountains, sublimely beautiful temples, and gloriously green countryside such as this.
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| Thong National Park Thailand |
Sacha & Jmayel El-Haj are Professional Photographers/Videographers from the UK who travel the length and breath of Thailand with their dog. They have been together since the tender age of 16 and married in June 2011 in the Moroccan Desert. This is the link to their page.
These two young people made a decision the civilization we live in and benefit from should be made by more and more young people. They made a decision "to live a life unknown. Where their successes would be gauged by happiness gained and experiences shared." It would jar the sensibilities of American life out of its myopic gaze into a swirling vortex of pure pleasure, powerful enlightenment meant for the possibility to live deeply and as Jesus said, "more abundantly." - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories Jan. 7, 2017
Find out how ‘8 miles from home’ started Here…
Friday, November 27, 2015
Giving thanks later on . . .
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| Disjad drinking watermelon juice Thanksgiving Day 2014 |
Watermelon juice for tonight. Happy thanksgiving.
คืนเน้ขอแค่น้ำแตงโมปั่นค่ะ
Monday, March 30, 2015
a Thai custom
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| Ms. Pre for The House of Thailand November 2, 2013 |
Time Passages. After 600 years, the Thai "wei" hasn't changed at all.
On the left is a stone relief that's about 600 years old. On the right is one of our Siamese models, Ms. Prae. The "wei(s)" are almost identical.
Whenever I use non-Thai models, they just can't get the "wei" right. But the Thai models do it perfectly. And it's such a simple gesture that you'd think anyone could do it authentically. It just goes to show that you can't fake culture. (or can you?) - House of Thailand 11.2.13
Friday, March 13, 2015
smoke sacred, sacred smoke
People out of synch, out of touch with the sacred of Tobacco miss out on a single thing: relationship of the present, and the quality of Tobacco as a Sacred Being. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 6.11.13
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Friday, August 29, 2014
LADY IN BLACK
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| Xanny in black dress admiring what others marvel at. August 29, 2012 |
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| Black woman in pearls, black gloves & gown showing breasts |
Monday, April 21, 2014
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
IN THE FACE OF IT
House of Thailand
http://www.houseofthailand.com
http://www.houseofthailand.com
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| May 3, 2012 traditional handmade Thai mat. |
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| traditional handmade Thai rug Sept. 23, 2013 |
Friday, November 29, 2013
the HUES
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| beautiful arms of Lavaneka Grier |
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| Thai beauty of Mai |
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| Kim Kardashian in October 2007 along with her two sisters, brother, half-sisters, mother, and stepfather were featured in the E! television series, Keeping Up with the Kardashians. |
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| Sandra Bullock in jeans |
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| dark beauty of Allyson Felix |
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| a babe & car: a discovery story |
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Thai mudmee
Modern silk mudmee fabric. The design of this fabric looks modern and sophisticated. But it's actually a thousand (maybe older) years old.
The "farang" fashion world discovered Thai mudmee fabric a few years ago. The trendiest Italian designers will use Thai mud with their zombie models out on the catwalk at times. Sometimes a hot new Hollywood starlet goes to an award show in mudmee fabric. Mudmee is the newest rage for all the hip fashionistas!
But this very same fabric that fashionistas think is so cool and sophisticated (and it is), has been around for over a millennium And the woman who weaves the mud (all mudmee must be woven by hand because of the technique), couldn't afford the designer garments made with her fabric.
Quality silk mudmee is not cheap anymore. The finest mudmee fabric is made into tapestries and sold as artwork. It really is textile art. High quality silk mudmee now goes for around $50/yard. The blue mudmee fabric in the posted foto cost me $70/yard and I was in Chonobot. - House of Thailand
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| Mei modeling for the House of Thailand Nov. 1, 2013 |
Saturday, August 24, 2013
LADY IN BLACK IN STYLE
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| Xanny August 24, 2012 |
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| black woman black wedding dress |
CARE
That was an unfolding set of missteps and tragic
miscalculations. Look what happens in a society like ours: isolation, fear, and
selfishness. None of the things that create stability or community at work in
millions of American lives, and hundreds of towns, cities and every state, I
suppose. It is so normal. It is hip to many. I have noticed the same
territorial selfishness in car owners and cell phone owners. I've seen people
in dire straits in need of a phone ignored by people with phones.
I don't own a cell phone, and these things pop out to me
quietly. I watch the expressions
knowing that neither the telecommunications industry, nor other related
services have the insight or the foresight to keep in place public phones. More
and more tragedies will occur amongst a culture driven by things other than
what is good for all concerned. That is the American way, sadly. - Gregory E.
Woods, Keeper of Stories 11.4.12
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Powerful African woman meet Thai dreamer
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| Black powerful woman in control !!!! |
This is a warm up shot for Pacific USA calendar 2014.
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| Xanny is a Thai model, and creates and develops business! |
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| May 28, 2013 |
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
FANTASIES
Seduction, desire, and promise are creatures of a world that can alter or re-construct time. It is magic. It is an introductory sequence of events that lead some astray and others into pensive studies of themselves and still others caught in the endless currents of high sexual energies connect several things within instances and incidents and with clarity enjoy an 'Aha!' moment discovering that energy flows come from divine sources within themselves, and the Wombs of Life, and beyond the grasp of the mundane lives Magic.
Sex, and its appeal is a promising river flowing in and out of creative impulses showing what is within the other, and knowing what is within its essence. If someone simply 'fucks for fuck's sake' they will barely grasp the significance of merging consciousness, and the meaning of two flesh becoming one because life for them is full within the limbic brain. Pity. It is a pity, but the mundane live where they love and love with the best they got.
- Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories
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| dark beauty of a Thai woman 4 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Saturday, May 28, 2011
FREEDOM
Thailand's Queen Sirikit & King Bhumibol Adulyadej
Thailand arrests American for alleged king insultBy TODD PITMAN and SINFAH TUNSARAWUTH, Associated Press Todd Pitman And Sinfah Tunsarawuth, Associated Press – Fri May 27, 1:02 pm ET
BANGKOK – Thai authorities said Friday they arrested an American citizen on charges he insulted the country's monarchy, in part by posting a link on his blog four years ago to a banned book about the Southeast Asian nation's ailing king.
The man is also suspected of translating, from English into Thai, portions of "The King Never Smiles" — an unauthorized biography of King Bhumibol Adulyadej — and posting them online along with articles he wrote that allegedly defame the royal family, said Tharit Pengdith, who heads the Department of Special Investigation, Thailand's equivalent of the FBI.
The American has denied the charges, according to the Thai-language prachatai.com news website, which tracks cases of lese majeste, as the crime of insulting the monarchy is known.
The 54-year-old Thai-born man lived in the U.S. state of Colorado for around 30 years before returning recently to Thailand for treatment for high blood pressure and gout, the website said. If the allegations are true, the infractions would have been committed while he lived in America — where they are legal — raising concern about the reach of Thai law and how it is applied to Thai nationals and foreign visitors.
Tharit said the man's Thai name was Lerpong Wichaikhammat. Walter M. Braunohler, the U.S. Embassy spokesman in Bangkok, identified the American as Joe Gordon and said a consular officer visited him on Friday morning. He declined comment further, saying only that officials were following the case "very closely."
"We're still looking into what the exact charges are," Braunohler told The Associated Press.
Thailand is a constitutional monarchy but has severe lese majeste laws that mandate a jail term of three to 15 years for any person who "defames, insults or threatens the king, the queen, the heir to the throne or the Regent."
Critics say the lese majeste laws — used with alarming frequency over the last several years — are often a weapon of political harassment and calls have grown recently to amend or abolish them.
Thai-based media routinely self-censor coverage of the royal family, but the Internet has tested the taboo. Thai authorities have responded by trying to block thousands of websites considered subversive, arguing that defending the monarchy is a priority.
Tharit said the man was arrested Tuesday and is facing charges that include inciting public unrest and violating Thailand's Computer Crimes Act. Gordon appeared before a Thai court Thursday, which denied him bail.
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej
A DSI spokeswoman, speaking on customary condition of anonymity, said the American was arrested in the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima and is being held in a Bangkok prison.
Praachatai.com said police arrested the man at his home and seized a computer and cell phone.
Sensitivity over criticism of the monarchy has increased in recent years as the poor health of the country's 83-year-old king has elevated concern about a smooth succession. At the same time, sharp partisan political battles in the wake of a 2006 military coup have unleashed unprecedented questioning of established institutions, including the palace.
Thailand's freedom of speech reputation has taken a battering in recent years, as successive governments have tried to suppress the opposition. Its standing in the Press Freedom Index issued by the Paris-based group Reporters Without Borders slid to 153 last year from 65 in 2002, when the ratings were initiated.
The number of lese majeste cases has grown dramatically in recent years. Between 1990 and 2005, an average of five per year made their way through the Thai court system. Since then, however, there have been at least 400 cases — an estimated 1,500 percent increase, according to David Streckfuss, an American scholar who wrote a recent book studying the harsh laws called "Truth on Trial."
In March, a Thai court sentenced Thanthawut Taweewarodomkul — the operator of an anti-government website — to 13 years on charges of defaming the monarchy and three more years for violating the Computer Crime Act. The 38-year-old ran a website affiliated with the anti-government Red Shirt movement whose aggressive street protests last year deteriorated into violence and were quashed by the army.
The 2007 Computer Crime Act addresses hacking and other traditional online offenses, but also bars the circulation of material deemed detrimental to national security or that causes panic. It carries a penalty of up to five years' imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 baht ($3,285).
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110527/ap_on_re_as/as_thailand_monarchy
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