Portraits of Taipei (Day 8 of 8)

Still Life with Fruits   水果

Swallowed a black seed on Monday - no idea when it exited my system

• Persimmon 
• Orange and tangerine
• Wax Apple - red skin, crunchy white flesh, apple taste
• Black seed UFO (unidentified fruit object) - white flesh, creamy sweet taste
• Green skin UFO - crunchy white flesh, plum taste

Follow the Sun   太陽

Two college students at Sanchong MRT station

   Follow, follow the sun
   and which way the wind blows
   when this day is done.

   Breath, breath in the air.

   Set your intentions.
   Dream with care.

   Tomorrow is a new day for everyone,
   a brand new moon, brand new sun.

   Xavier Rudd - Follow The Sun Lyrics (partial)

Souvenir

A thing that is kept as a reminder of a person, place, or event.

Souvenir Objects

• Pair of yellow dishes printed with Jade Cabbage (Nat'l Palace Museum)
• Decorative masking tape:
  Green roll printed with scenic places on Highway 1 (west side),
  Blue roll printed with scenic places on Highway 9 (east side).
  I want to visit these places on future trip to Taiwan.
• Octagonal jade pendant with free0-moving yin-yang ball (Jade Market)
• Brown-green wood hair pin, carved flower end (Jade Market)
• Orange carbon-fiber bookmark/pen in shape of quill feather (www.saca-carbon.com, www.image-model.com)
• Light-blue cloth printed with sea waves, fish and boats. Cotton, and white/yellow/blue ink (Songshan Cultural and Creative Park)
• White tea cup in shape of ancient Chinese cylinder (Nati'l Palace Museum). Cylinder represents communication channel to the heavens.
  Note: see the resemblance between the Chinese cylinder corners and Frank Lloyd Wright's window and lamp corners.

FLW Tracy House, Normandy Park (near Seattle)

FLW Taliesin (East) Table Lamp

The End
Goodbye Taipei. Next stop, Singapore.

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