yesterday i was looking through raul’s photoblog mexican pictures, and i was captivated by these photos from his motorcycle trip through vietnam. i just love the layers and layers of patterns- and despite the creepiness of these tents being set up for ho chi minh’s birthday, i would love to have a birthday tent this colorful and celebratory.
also in raul’s photoblog are gorgeous pictures of tibet. i commented on how tibet seems to have it’s own incredible color palette, and raul wrote back: “i’ve found most countries, especially developing countries have a particular palette. in rural tibet most of the clothes are still made with natural dyes which give lots of magentay reds, orangy reds and golds. the land is very green and the sky is almost impossibly bright saturating everything like crazy”.
fabulous…I would love to go to Tibet! I read ‘touching tibet’ a while ago {by neima ash} which was fabulous…the culture just looks and sounds so amazing and rich, despite the hardships…political and from their physical landscape, it really just even more phenominal that they make everything ‘look’ so beautiful…:)
thanks for the book recomendation abigail- sounds great…
Ummm yeah = wow that is a really fabulous tent!!! Now that is what I call out door decorating ~ the light shining through reminds me of waking up in the mornings when me and my family would go camping… š
ah beautiful tent! I’ve heard so much about Tibet, I wish to go there one day.
I would have to agree with raul. Developing countries apparently do have their own palettes, and I’ve just realized it from my recent trips. Being born, raised and lived in this part of the world, I guess I’ve been taking them for granted all these years.
Beautiful photos on Flickr, so colourful. I love that tent too…Tibet had not been on my list of places to visit, but has got me thinking.