Comments on: Thursday’s Picture of the Week: China http://animprobablelife.com/2011/11/09/picture-of-the-week-china/ My Twenty Years with an International Photojournalist...Then and Now Tue, 22 May 2018 13:51:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Becky Green Aaronson http://animprobablelife.com/2011/11/09/picture-of-the-week-china/#comment-712 Becky Green Aaronson Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:58:53 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=3160#comment-712 Jullie, thanks for your comment. I've been out of town and without wi-fi, so I'm only responding several days later. I appreciate you sharing your story about adopting your Russian children. That country has many exquisite artists. I can picture the matrushka dolls perfectly, and I know what you mean about wanting to pay the artist what he/she deserves. You are the kind of traveler that gives Americans a good name. Jullie, thanks for your comment. I’ve been out of town and without wi-fi, so I’m only responding several days later. I appreciate you sharing your story about adopting your Russian children. That country has many exquisite artists. I can picture the matrushka dolls perfectly, and I know what you mean about wanting to pay the artist what he/she deserves. You are the kind of traveler that gives Americans a good name.

]]> By: Becky Green Aaronson http://animprobablelife.com/2011/11/09/picture-of-the-week-china/#comment-711 Becky Green Aaronson Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:52:50 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=3160#comment-711 Harper, I wish we had seen this. I've been out of town and without wi-fi so I just read your comment. I'll have to see if it's going to be re-broadcast. Thanks for the heads-up. Harper, I wish we had seen this. I’ve been out of town and without wi-fi so I just read your comment. I’ll have to see if it’s going to be re-broadcast. Thanks for the heads-up.

]]> By: Julie Farrar http://animprobablelife.com/2011/11/09/picture-of-the-week-china/#comment-697 Julie Farrar Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:15:09 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=3160#comment-697 What a wonderful story, Becky. Yes, those of us from the West hardly pause a second in our quest to acquire. Even more than 15 years after adopting our two children in Russia I still feel guilty about how little I paid for a beautiful matrushka doll at the street market. It had 12 or 15 little dolls inside (can't remember because I have so many now). Even when I paid about US$50 I knew it would have fetched ten times that in the States. The details of the Firebird on the largest doll were so complex I knew that I was buying art and not just a souvenir. Since that first purchase, I've bought more Russian enamelwork and, of course, have paid several hundred dollars for a matrushka. But nothing I've bought since our first Russian purchase has ever compared. When I'm traveling, I rarely bargain although I know many Americans go after it like a dog and a bone. But if I can afford to travel to these distant locations I can afford to pay someone the true worth of their art. What a wonderful story, Becky. Yes, those of us from the West hardly pause a second in our quest to acquire. Even more than 15 years after adopting our two children in Russia I still feel guilty about how little I paid for a beautiful matrushka doll at the street market. It had 12 or 15 little dolls inside (can’t remember because I have so many now). Even when I paid about US$50 I knew it would have fetched ten times that in the States. The details of the Firebird on the largest doll were so complex I knew that I was buying art and not just a souvenir. Since that first purchase, I’ve bought more Russian enamelwork and, of course, have paid several hundred dollars for a matrushka. But nothing I’ve bought since our first Russian purchase has ever compared.

When I’m traveling, I rarely bargain although I know many Americans go after it like a dog and a bone. But if I can afford to travel to these distant locations I can afford to pay someone the true worth of their art.

]]> By: Harper Faulkner http://animprobablelife.com/2011/11/09/picture-of-the-week-china/#comment-696 Harper Faulkner Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:24:01 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=3160#comment-696 Fascinating special on PBS last night on the caves of Tibet and the religions of the region. I’ll be interested in hearing what Jeffrey has to say. Fascinating special on PBS last night on the caves of Tibet and the religions of the region. I’ll be interested in hearing what Jeffrey has to say.

]]> By: Becky Green Aaronson http://animprobablelife.com/2011/11/09/picture-of-the-week-china/#comment-690 Becky Green Aaronson Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:16:11 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=3160#comment-690 Your compassion and empathy are powerful tools...as are your words, which you use so well. Thanks for stopping by my blog, Kat, and letting me know you appreciated what you saw. Your compassion and empathy are powerful tools…as are your words, which you use so well. Thanks for stopping by my blog, Kat, and letting me know you appreciated what you saw.

]]> By: Kat Ward http://animprobablelife.com/2011/11/09/picture-of-the-week-china/#comment-689 Kat Ward Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:51:16 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=3160#comment-689 Oh, my god, those glasses are exquisite! I've never seen anything like them. I'm glad Jeffrey responded by giving him double to never sell them, but it breaks my heart to think that this irreplaceable family heirloom could be let go for a mere ten bucks; when you're poor, you can't afford sentimentality or holding on to what may be your dearest possession. Food comes first. The fact that as a society, as a world, there are so many millions of people in just the position of this gentleman, and would act exactly the same way, out of necessity, means we are doing something very, very wrong—in not taking care of each other. Oh, my god, those glasses are exquisite! I’ve never seen anything like them. I’m glad Jeffrey responded by giving him double to never sell them, but it breaks my heart to think that this irreplaceable family heirloom could be let go for a mere ten bucks; when you’re poor, you can’t afford sentimentality or holding on to what may be your dearest possession. Food comes first. The fact that as a society, as a world, there are so many millions of people in just the position of this gentleman, and would act exactly the same way, out of necessity, means we are doing something very, very wrong—in not taking care of each other.

]]> By: Becky Green Aaronson http://animprobablelife.com/2011/11/09/picture-of-the-week-china/#comment-688 Becky Green Aaronson Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:38:03 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=3160#comment-688 Thank you Claudine. I'm glad you enjoyed the story and the photograph. I appreciate you taking the time to comment, and hope you'll stop by again soon. Thank you Claudine. I’m glad you enjoyed the story and the photograph. I appreciate you taking the time to comment, and hope you’ll stop by again soon.

]]> By: Becky Green Aaronson http://animprobablelife.com/2011/11/09/picture-of-the-week-china/#comment-687 Becky Green Aaronson Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:35:31 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=3160#comment-687 Welcome, Carol! I'm so glad you found my blog and have enjoyed what you seen/read. It gives me great pleasure to share Jeffrey's stories from around the world. Hope you stop by again to see what else is in store! Welcome, Carol! I’m so glad you found my blog and have enjoyed what you seen/read. It gives me great pleasure to share Jeffrey’s stories from around the world. Hope you stop by again to see what else is in store!

]]> By: Claudine Gueh http://animprobablelife.com/2011/11/09/picture-of-the-week-china/#comment-686 Claudine Gueh Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:36:48 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=3160#comment-686 I haven't seen such glasses before! And what a lovely story (both how the glasses had been handed down, and Jeffrey's encounter with the elderly man). I haven’t seen such glasses before! And what a lovely story (both how the glasses had been handed down, and Jeffrey’s encounter with the elderly man).

]]> By: Carol Apple http://animprobablelife.com/2011/11/09/picture-of-the-week-china/#comment-685 Carol Apple Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:45:58 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=3160#comment-685 This is my first visit to your blog and I am delighted by Jeffrey's pictures. The story behind this one is aming and beautiful. What a wonderful way to open my eyes to the world beyond the narrow scope of my own here in USA Virginia. This is my first visit to your blog and I am delighted by Jeffrey’s pictures. The story behind this one is aming and beautiful. What a wonderful way to open my eyes to the world beyond the narrow scope of my own here in USA Virginia.

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