Posts tagged speechleyish

The most sci-fi spatial experience I’ve ever had wasn’t in a skyscraper or some geodesic dome. It was sitting in the climate-controlled antechamber at the Scrovegni Chapel, adjusting to the microclimate designed to protect Giotto’s frescoes. It wa like the airlock of a spaceship.

— Soon-Tzu Speechley 孫子 (@speechleyish) October 23, 2019

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Absolutely bowled over by the exquisite Gandharan Buddhas at the V&A. pic.twitter.com/w5oXZHasYU

— Soon-Tzu Speechley 孫子 (@speechleyish) June 24, 2019

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It took me many years to stop mixing up ‘eschatological’ and 'scatological’, though I suppose the former can be glossed as things taking a turn for the latter.

— Soon-Tzu Speechley 孫子 (@speechleyish) March 6, 2019

(via http://twitter.com/speechleyish/status/1103092356415279104)

Kodaiji in Kyoto unveils ‘Android Kannon’ designed to deliver portions of the Heart Sutra to the masses https://t.co/nyoOIcY7Tn

— Soon-Tzu Speechley 孫子 (@speechleyish) February 26, 2019

(via http://twitter.com/speechleyish/status/1100519960806285312)