Farmers used to plant seeds, and let things grow gradually. They plowed, sowed, and watered the ground, plucked up weeds, fought battles against crows and insects. If all went well, they would have life. Now, farmers bring in their plants on trucks and put them in the ground already in bloom. This kind of activity …
The thing about circles is they multiply faster than tribbles on a starship. First they start out as portholes in boats, then they move on to John Lennon glasses, and before you know it, they are absolutely everywhere. The only solace is they don’t eat humans. Yet. But they do consume oxygen, and soon we’ll …
The giant air conditioners of the future will not cool a room or a building but the entire planet. This will be humanity’s solution to global warming, and it will actually work. Of course, the cooling of the planet will be preceded by the largest extinction event in history. But hey, that’s what zoos are …
There are certain signals that tell everyone that spring has arrived. For most of us, this signs are a blessing, cheering us that winter is finally over. For certain others though, the living dead, the ones for whom any sign of animus is despised, these signals do not enliven them, but send them into their …
Sometimes we get lost in the big city. The clues to where and when we are might be all around us, but we have become too overwhelmed by the constant assaults on our senses. We keep our eyes down and plow ahead. We are a lost generation. This work by @thebeautythatstillremains is licensed under a …
Sometimes it’s possible to travel back in time, even if you don’t have a time machine. This is probably what Beijing looked like several decades ago. Even today, it’s still not hard to find the old Beijing. This work by @thebeautythatstillremains is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 China Mainland License.
Fate was careful to write down every name by hand. This was not the sort of work that could be handed off to an assistant. Once etched, the destinies were literally written in stone and could never be changed. People would cry and complain, and boy would they fight. But the permanence of the final …
Watching them make lamian in Beijing reminds me of going to Noble Roman’s as a child and watching them make pizza through the window. I always aspired to be able to toss a pizza crust like that. They never made a mistake. They were true artisans. Now that I’m an adult, I’m content to leave …
I’ve been to Huang Hua Cheng many times. This is the first and only time I’ve actually seen yellow flowers there. Maybe it’s a sign that things are that are meant to be. This work by @thebeautythatstillremains is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 China Mainland License.
Every fall, we must watch as nature commits ritual suicide, killing off all life in preparation for winter. We are supposed to be comforted by the fact that the temporary death will be superseded by the rebirth of spring. But as probability scientists are always telling us, past outcomes do not have any influence on …
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