90 /looking

It's been very hot here, & dryer than usual,

we are looking for rain

looking at cooler pictures doesn't really work

(especially when trying to figure out some Kafka-esque

glitch on my computer)

except to remind me of superb moments,

like this flight last May, coming in to Kathmandu:

suddenly, a real illusion

89 / Burning Questions

Four of my paintings from Burning Questions

a book that Isaac Shapiro & I collaborated on

you could buy a copy here

($22 plus postage with PayPal)

More page spreads at shantipress

check it out!

88 / high

On the first afternoon, 

looking towards Mount Everest,

a beguiling light

next day dawned cold & clear.

Wishing all a high, clear year.

87 / higher

Near the 1922 Everest Base Camp, 

the snowy mountains are further on

I had to stop frequently.. 

to..

..breathe

86 / blue sheep

A blue sheep at one monastery, it must have been raised there,

mostly we saw wild ones, in the distance

these two shots were on the internal memory of my Nikon, 

just learnt how to copy them to the card

it's a very large shaggy dog from Tibet, maybe a sheep dog.

85 / peace

Having some problems due to a virus, changing passwords etc;

just want to say happy holidays. 

Happy all your days. 

84 / what's real?

Yaks seem to take it all in: to me they feel very different to cattle, 

such eloquent gazes, I would not have been surprised to hear one speak

the newer buildings look quite unreal,

especially compared to the monolithic old ones

I liked the tableaux in some stores

checkpoints quite often,

& sometimes it wasn't, really