July 21, 2015

Newtown Signs


On July 4, I spent the day taking photos around Sydney's hipster suburb of Newtown, a very interesting area visually. Even the Fire Department has a sense of humour! 

July 17, 2015

Cemetery of the Dead People's Graveyard for Deceased Persons

John, who loves Grimes (whoever that is) and the grave of Ernestine. 


July 15, 2015

July 12, 2015

Iroha

'Iroha' is a famous Japanese poem from the 11th century; each hiragana character is used once in it. Read vertically right to left, the poem translates as:

Iro ha nihoheto (Colours are fragrant, but they)
Chirinuru o (Will eventually scatter)
Wa ka yo tane so (Who in our world)
Tsune naramu (Is unchanging?)
Uwi no okuyama (The deep mountains of karma)
Kefu koete (We cross them today)
Asaki yume mishi (And we shall not have superficial dreams)
Wehi mo sesu (Nor be deluded.)