Tag: Scarves
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The Peacock
The world’s most spectacular border ceremony takes place daily before dusk at Wagah, roughly halfway between Lahore in Pakistan and Amritsar in India. Large crowd gathers between the Indian Border Security Forces and the Pakistan Rangers to witness a spectacle of what could be appropriately coined “Peacocks at Sunset.” Using their body instead of weapon,…
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Flowers of Giverny
“All gardening is landscape painting,” said Alexander Pope, the English poet in the 18th century. The picturesque tradition continues to dominate the field of landscape architecture to the present day. Dotted across the history of landscaping are alternative points of view, however. For example, the Sacro Bosco garden was unlike any other design during the…
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The Flamingo Party
Color had been considered superfluous in Western culture since ancient times. Classical writers saw it as being indulgent, even sinful, a distraction from the true glories of art, which were of line and form. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote in Theory of Colors, 1810 that “savage nations, uneducated people, and children have a great predilection…
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Wear Your Scarves
I’ve been collecting scarves. They’re beautiful art works printed or embroidered onto quality fabrics, and best of all, they are affordable. There are so many ways one can wear scarves. You can wear them over your head, wrapped around your neck, draped over your shoulder, belted across your waist, or as an accessory for your…
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