In Xanadu did Kubla KhanA stately pleasure dome decree
Where Alph, the sacred river ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
–Kubla Khan, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
This was photographed at Academy of Science, also drawn there without reference so I 'm going to use that as an excuse for the Vasco Da Gama-ish appearance of the great Kahn. Coleridge's poem was evidently based on Marco Polo's account of Kublai's hunting grounds/park attached to his palace. I will be imagining some incidents from his life this month. Most of them will be the altered photos I have been showing.
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Love it - it has an exotic feel going on here!
Kubla Khan was a disciple of the Karmapa, one of the great masters of Tibetan Buddhism. His present incarnation visited the USA last year.
Susan, the dear reminded me Analu Prestes' Pasárgada!
Cláudia- I think Coleridge's imagining of Kubla Khan's park and Pasárgada are very similar remote lands of heart's desire.
One of my fave poems not least because it highlights how one must never let the everyday interfere with great works of art...
This reminds me, April is National Poetry Month!
Who will play the man from Porlock?
I'm looking forward to this. Creation from a poem about creation.
I wonder if he sees that creature up on the rock?!
Tammie - According to Marco Polo, Kublai often rode with a leopard on the back of his horse, which chased down deer with which which Kublai fed his flacons.
Very nice!!!
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