Jack of all Trades, Master of None

the musings of a enigmatic explorer

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Grey Day 🌃 🌃 🌃 🌃 #london #city #stpaulscathedral #architecture #architecturephotography #architectureporn #architecturestudent #architecturelovers #ModernArchitecture #instaarchitecture #architexture #architecteye #architecturedesign #vscoarchitecture #architecturephoto #architectural #architecturalphoto #instarchitecture #thedesigntip #designinspiration #design #urban #urbanenvironment #urbanexplorer #urbanexplorers (at Millennium Bridge, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIwIyamgZOi/?igshid=w3787pxav6bp

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Lockdown lost count • • • • • • #london #londonstreets #londonstreetphotography #streetphotography #streetphotographynow #streetphotographyhub #blackandwhitestreetphotography #bwstreetphotography #bnwstreetphotography #streetphotographybw #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitephoto #instablackandwhite #blackandwhiteonly #BlackAndWhitePhotos #blackandwhitephotograph #blackandwhitepicture #blackandwhiteoftheday #blackandwhitelovers #photoblackandwhite #blackandwhiteportrait #blackandwhiteart #minimalism #minimalist #composition #monochrome #streetphoto_bw #streetphotography_bw (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHyS8RFgFci/?igshid=t8656j4h2m96

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Lockdown Take 2, Day 3 (at Battersea Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHTCeAtAWWN/?igshid=jeqpu853aovk

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Lockdown Take 2 Day 2 (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHRFG-qga1_/?igshid=16trqekk4m5op

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Lockdown Take Day 1. Sunsets on Burgess Park (at Burgess Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHOC1jYA617/?igshid=1c075a0g71eyv

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at Manly Beach, Sydney Australia https://www.instagram.com/p/CBDakpngFne/?igshid=1n4jcm7lq5naf

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at Manly Beach, Sydney Australia https://www.instagram.com/p/CBDaZ0hAd2_/?igshid=bk8js62qydp9

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Exploring the incredible #teamlabborderless exhibition in Tokyo and mainly taking photos of my feet⁠⠀ 👣⁠⠀ 👣⁠⠀ 👣⁠⠀ 👣⁠⠀ 👣⁠⠀ 👣⁠⠀ 👣⁠⠀ #traveltravelsuitcase #exploretheworld #travelphotography #traveldeeper #travelcube #traveltheworld #tokyo #traveladdict #TravelAwesome #travelingtheworld #travelinspired #travellife #japan @japantravelcom #myJapan #artofvisuals #passionpassport #visitjapanjp|#AlifeAlive|#PhotographyArt|#LetsWander|#OpenMyWorld|#traveljapan|#@VisitJapanAU, #VisitJapanAU #EXPLOREJPN @EXPLOREJPN @japan.visit⁠⠀ #JapanRevealed|#visitjapan |#RoamToCreate#TravelStoke (at teamLab Borderless / チームラボボーダレス) https://www.instagram.com/p/CA4l8dLgbj2/?igshid=1euog0622bzbq

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Nosing about (at Kyoto, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAJOfLYgJhk/?igshid=1psfdzgktvkoq

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Ramen Recharge (at Tokyo, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAGrQaVg5xm/?igshid=1j4ipi55ieiax

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Snap!⁠⠀ •⁠⠀ •⁠⠀ •⁠⠀ •⁠⠀ •⁠⠀ •⁠⠀ #portraitphoto #portraitphotoshot #portraitphotographym #portraitphotorgraphy #portraitphotographyography #portraitphotograp #portraitphotogs #portraitphotographysydney #portraitphotohrapher #portraitphotographyy #Portraitphotografie #portraitphotographyuk #portraitphotographyaustralia #portraitphotographyoz #portraitphotographyph #portraitphotographerny #portraitphotograher #portraitphotogfraphy #portraitphotograghy ⁠⠀ #ExploreHisearth|#AlifeAlive|#PhotographyArt|#LetsWander|#OpenMyWorld|#WanderLust|#PhotographerLife|#SimplyAdventure |#RoamToCreate#TravelStoke https://www.instagram.com/p/CAClvGogREY/?igshid=1ihtcqv9wrdze

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Waiting for the train⁠⠀ 🚄⁠⠀ 🚄⁠⠀ 🚄⁠⠀ 🚄⁠⠀ 🚄⁠⠀ 🚄⁠⠀ 🚄⁠⠀ #traveltravelsuitcase #exploretheworld #travelphotography #traveldeeper #travelcube #traveltheworld #japan #traveladdict #travelbug #TravelAwesome #travelingtheworld #travelinspired #travellife #japan @japantravelcom #myJapan #artofvisuals #passionpassport #visitjapanjp#ExploreHisearth|#AlifeAlive|#PhotographyArt|#LetsWander|#OpenMyWorld|#traveljapan|#@VisitJapanAU, #VisitJapanAU #EXPLOREJPN @EXPLOREJPN @japan.visit⁠⠀ #JapanRevealed|#visitjapan |#RoamToCreate#TravelStoke (at Tokyo, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CABtvTeg_Us/?igshid=mn06sm0e9cdo

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Japan’s rail system has a well-deserved reputation for being among the very best in the world.⁠⠀⁠⠀ 🚄🚅🚄⁠⠀⁠⠀ An extensive network of tracks moving an estimated 12 billion passengers each year with an on-time performance measured in the seconds makes Japanese rail a precise, highly reliable transportation marvel.⁠ ⁠⠀⁠⠀ 🚄🚅🚄⁠⠀⁠⠀ Once I heard an announcement whilst on a platform apologising for a train that was 30seconds late - the UK's train system could learn a thing or two from Japan!⁠⠀@national.rail⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ 🚄🚅🚄⁠⠀⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ -⁠⠀ -⁠⠀ -⁠⠀ -⁠⠀ -⁠⠀ -⁠⠀ -⁠⠀ #exploretheworld #travelcube #traveltheworld #japan #traveladdict #travellife #japan @japantravelcom #myJapan #artofvisuals #passionpassport #visitjapanjp#ExploreHisearth|#AlifeAlive|#PhotographyArt|#LetsWander|#OpenMyWorld|#traveljapan|#@VisitJapanAU, #VisitJapanAU #EXPLOREJPN @EXPLOREJPN @japan.visit⁠⠀ #JapanRevealed|#visitjapan |#trains #railway⁠⠀ #urban #urbanenvironment #urbanexplorer #urbanexplorers #urbex #Urbanlandscape #urbanlandscapephotography (at Tokyo, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAAFZR6ARgy/?igshid=1ukohylczzuoh

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🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️⁠⠀ -⁠⠀ -⁠⠀ -⁠⠀ -⁠⠀ -⁠⠀ -⁠⠀ #traveltravelsuitcase #exploretheworld #travelphotography #traveldeeper #travelcube #traveltheworld #japan #traveladdict #travelbug #TravelAwesome #travelingtheworld #travelinspired #travellife #japan @japantravelcom #myJapan #artofvisuals #passionpassport #visitjapanjp#ExploreHisearth|#AlifeAlive|#PhotographyArt|#LetsWander|#OpenMyWorld|#traveljapan|#@VisitJapanAU, #VisitJapanAU #EXPLOREJPN @EXPLOREJPN @japan.visit⁠⠀ #JapanRevealed|#visitjapan |#RoamToCreate#TravelStoke (at Tokyo, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B__AnpzAGAw/?igshid=ay4vaxtlo2yk

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Kinkakuji (金閣寺, Golden Pavilion) is a Zen temple in northern Kyoto whose top two floors are completely covered in gold leaf!!⁠⠀ 🏯🏯🏯⁠⠀ The temple was the retirement villa of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, and according to his will it became a Zen temple of the Rinzai sect after his death in 1408. Kinkakuji was the inspiration for the similarly named Ginkakuji (Silver Pavilion), built by Yoshimitsu's grandson, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, on the other side of the city a few decades later.⁠⠀ 🏯🏯🏯⁠⠀ Kinkakuji was built to echo the extravagant Kitayama culture that developed in the wealthy aristocratic circles of Kyoto during Yoshimitsu's times. Each of its floors represents a different style of architecture.⁠⠀ 🏯🏯🏯⁠⠀ It's the only building left of Yoshimitsu's former retirement complex. Its burned down numerous times throughout its history including twice during the Onin War, a civil war that destroyed much of Kyoto; and once again more recently in 1950 when it was set on fire by a fanatic monk. The present structure was rebuilt in 1955.⁠⠀ 🏯🏯🏯⁠⠀ (source - Japan-guide.com) (at Kinkaku-ji) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_9aypig90A/?igshid=uuvw6cbh33f0

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The gardens surrounding every castle and monument we visited in Japan were immaculately kept and beautiful - Each with its own style and accompanying feeling. ⁠⠀ 🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲⁠⠀ The early Japanese gardens largely followed the Chinese model, but gradually Japanese gardens developed their own principles and aesthetics. These were spelled out by a series of landscape gardening manuals, beginning with Sakuteiki ("Records of Garden Making") in the Heian Period (794–1185).[44] The principles of sacred gardens, such as the gardens of Zen Buddhist temples, were different from those of pleasure or promenade gardens; for example, Zen Buddhist gardens were designed to be seen, while seated, from a platform with a view of the whole garden, without entering it, while promenade gardens were meant to be seen by walking through the garden and stopping at a series of view points. However, they often contain common elements and used the same techniques. Some basic principles are:⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ 🌳 Miniaturization. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ 🌲 Concealment (miegakure, "hide and reveal").⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ 🌳 Borrowed scenery (shakkei). ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ 🌲 Asymmetry. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ According to garden historians David and Michigo Young, at the heart of the Japanese garden is the principle that a garden is a work of art. "Though inspired by nature, it is an interpretation rather than a copy; it should appear to be natural, but it is not wild. ⁠⠀ 🌳🌲⁠⠀ (source Wikipedia)⁠⠀ 🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #japan #gardens #landscapegardening #landscapin #architecture #architecturephotography #architectureporn #architecturestudent #architecturelovers #ModernArchitecture #instaarchitecture #architexture #architecteye #architecturedesign #vscoarchitecture #architecturephoto #architectural #architecturalphoto #instarchitecture #thedesigntip #designinspiration #design⁠⠀ #traveldeeper #travelcube #traveltheworld #instatravel #seetheworld #traveladdict #travelbug (at Kyoto, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_8ZlFvgcm5/?igshid=8ecqd0yo1wf4

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Incense burners were brought to Japan from China at the end of the Sengoku Era (feudal period) about 400 years ago. It is one of the articles used on a Buddhist altar to purify the body of the people visiting the temple. Since then, people came to believe that the smoke from the incense burner has a healing effect.⁠⠀ 🕯️🔥🕯️🔥🕯️🔥 ⁠⠀ (source - matcha-jp.com)⁠⠀ -⁠⠀ -⁠⠀ -⁠⠀ -⁠⠀ -⁠⠀ -⁠⠀ -⁠⠀ #traveltravelsuitcase #exploretheworld #travelphotography #traveldeeper #travelcube #traveltheworld #japan #traveladdict #travelbug #TravelAwesome #travelingtheworld #travelinspired #travellife #japan @japantravelcom #myJapan #artofvisuals #passionpassport #visitjapanjp#ExploreHisearth|#AlifeAlive|#PhotographyArt|#LetsWander|#OpenMyWorld|#traveljapan|#@VisitJapanAU, #VisitJapanAU #EXPLOREJPN @EXPLOREJPN @japan.visit⁠⠀ #JapanRevealed|#visitjapan |#RoamToCreate#TravelStoke (at Nara Deer Park, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_0pTkfgvAJ/?igshid=1csep9v6fbjp0