by Tim Girvin | Oct 27, 2007 | Diary
Dzong | The Fearful Symmetry of Bhutanese Architecture | 10.27 In a way, for me, there’s something long-reaching, far-running, back into my mind and memory for the spirit and personal connectedness that I’ve got with the nature and spirit of Bhutanese, and...
by Tim Girvin | Oct 27, 2007 | Diary
Transparencies (10.27) Mist, layered — messages diaphanous. I think about things in layers. And I keep referring to that. I think about something on one layer, and then another on another, and another — beneath that. I think that I like to design in that...
by Tim Girvin | Oct 25, 2007 | Diary
Bhutan Journal THE WORD | 35 YEARS AGO… I supported myself teaching drawing, bookbinding and calligraphy — it was a way to add something to the cost of the college tuition and living expenses. But what I explored, as usual, was the idea of writing —...
by Tim Girvin | Oct 25, 2007 | Diary
The concept of the turning prayer I’d known about for nearly four decades. I’d seen it in a book, then being in Tibet, I’d seen the pilgrims wandering, spinning the prayer wheel in one hand, the turning mala beads being counted out in another. What I...
by Tim Girvin | Oct 24, 2007 | Diary
Bhutan Journal Tandin Ney | Hermitage Every moment, in doing, in exploring, is alive. It does come down to what our attention is — what are we held by, what are we holding. What are we compelled by, and what draws us to that place of connection. For me, it is...
by Tim Girvin | Oct 24, 2007 | Diary
I’m wrapping it here in Thimphu and heading out to the hills — and will likely be off line for a couple of days. Near the bigger towns, the mobile works, text comes in — and my last spot I snagged a WIFI connection. It will be tough for me for a bit....
