The Great Affair

sketching cambodia: bracelets and belief at the choeung ek killing fields.

Candace — Wed, 22 May 2013 03:57:52 +0000

What else can you do at a place where a million people died? What else can you do but leave something, anything, behind that says we were here, and that we remember?

sketching cambodia: waiting for inspiration in siem reap’s night market.

Candace — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:10:58 +0000

The many little details of Josh’s life bounce around in my head for long after we say goodbye, reminding me that we never know who we’ll meet, and where. As always, inspiration had been worth waiting for.

sketching cambodia: on discovery and sharing in the wonder of angkor wat.

Candace — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:53:57 +0000

Behind my decision to bike to Angkor Wat was a desire to feel a sense of exploration; to try and channel the sublime sense of discovery French explorer Henri Mouhot must have felt in 1860.

sketching laos: extra hours and unexpected encounters in vientiane.

Candace — Mon, 06 May 2013 01:22:33 +0000

For days we have been moving the puzzle pieces of our trip back to Bangkok around. It may have taken a while for our plan to come together, but here on a Vientiane sidewalk, I’m glad it left room to meet Nam.

sketching laos: sunday afternoon streetscape in luang prabang.

Candace — Fri, 03 May 2013 19:24:58 +0000

On a balmy Sunday afternoon in Luang Prabang, Laos, while sketching the sleepy town at a sidewalk desk, I realize there's only one stamp of approval we need to do what we love. Our own.

sketching laos: getting lost and going beyond in vang vieng.

Candace — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:07:49 +0000

Here in Vang Vieng, I am reminded of what it means to go beyond your initial encounter with a place. If you’re patient, and persistent, sometimes there is hidden beauty to be found – beauty hidden in the hills.

sketching japan: blessings on a bridge in the holy city of kōyasan.

Candace — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 00:49:54 +0000

The passing group of monks never actually stop walking, but when they see what I’m up to, they crane their necks, ooh and aah over my sketch, and wish me ganbatte a hundred times as they pass.

sketching japan: temples and tiered roofs on a japanese pilgrimage.

Candace — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:25:20 +0000

Most of all, what I want to remember from Temple 58 is its classic tiered roof. While it means my first day on the circuit will be longer than it should, I can’t help but drop everything and sketch the temple.

sketching japan: still life in a shodoshima souvenir shop.

Candace — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:14:51 +0000

Before arriving on Shodoshima, I’d been wondering if there would be any connections between this pilgrimage and the one I did last year. Here in a souvenir shop on the island, it seems I’ve found my answer.

sketching japan: in the center of it all in tokyo’s ginza district.

Candace — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:52:09 +0000

As I sketch, I keep looking out over the city spinning and swirling below me, feeling like I'm not only in the center of Tokyo, but in the center of the world itself. I found the Wakō after all – and so much more.