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Tim May | all galleries >> :Asian Journeys:: A Collection of Galleries :: >> GALLERY ::Impressions of Laos and Thailand —a collection of galleries— >> GALLERY:: Laos and Thailand ::2005 > Statue and Beehive - Vientiane
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24-JAN-2005

Statue and Beehive - Vientiane

I find this image to be multilayered - I think of the image of the bees in a hive being cells of one body with the mind of the queen. Here the hive comes out of the head of the statue. I also think of the stereotype which I have long ago discarded but which was imbedded in my mind growing up in the 1950's in the US of the "communist state" as being full of powerless worker bees. I had no time, nor inclination to explore the political realities of modern Laos, but I did think about it as I took this image.

Nikon Coolpix 8800
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Date/Time24-Jan-2005 10:47:38
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Exposure Bias-0.30
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Phil Douglis09-Mar-2005 18:02
Stormy thought? I like the concept.
Tim May04-Mar-2005 18:57
As I read your interpretation, I also thought that this image could be a metaphor for meditation.
Phil Douglis03-Mar-2005 20:09
An amazingly incongruous juxtaposition of an icon with a work of nature. It is almost as if we we are looking at a mini-tornado pouring from the icon, a remarkably fresh metaphor for the power of prayer.