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Nebraska State Capitol | Interior | Lincoln, Nebraska | 2010 | Photo by Jen-Kuang Chang Waking up with Sarah Vaughan’s astonishingly handsome rendition of Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars in a pristine Sunday morning made my senses somewhat bemused. I sniped out of my window of soul. Again. A suspiciously sunny-happy-jolly day. The spotless sky seemed oddly intimidating. The whole world looked a bit unapproachable as I observed it...
More →Prophecy of the Ancients by Brower Hatcher | Minneapolis Sculpture Garden | Photo by Jen-Kuang Chang Navigating byzantinevery complex street-network in downtown Minneapolis was no less than a thorny commission and I did it while listening to an anomalous mix-tape made by Sue, my perky graphic designer friend. I missed my Interstate 94 exit while Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax masterfully interpreting Johannes Brahms’ Sonata No. 1 for Cello...
More →Hoyt Sherman Place | Des Moines, Iowa | 2010 | Photo by Jen-Kuang Chang 2:30 PM. 90 degree. 82% humidity. Freshly-squeezed lemonade with excessive ice cubes. Archiving photos of Hoyt Sherman Place. Tracy Chapman’s “Give Me One Reason” from her 1995 album New Beginning quietly piped out of an unknown radio station. A strong urge to drink my lemonade inside of my freezer. Oh, Summertime, And the livin’ is...
More →Iowa State Capitol | Des Moines, Iowa | 2010 | Photo by Jen-Kuang Chang Since I was about 90 minutes ahead of the scheduled meeting in the trendy East Village in downtown Des Moines, I decided to walk to the Iowa State Capitol to redeem my unexpected free-travel-minutes. From the East Village, the Capitol’s colossal five-dome structure, fused with bravura architectural details, and its magnificent golden dome looked like a...
More →Ewing & Muriel Kauffman Memorial Garden | Kansas City, Missouri | 2010 | Photo by Jen-Kuang Chang After archiving photos taken in the Ewing & Muriel Kauffman Memorial Garden, I picked up Haruki Murakami's "Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman", a collection of twenty-four short stories, to gobble up more lines while feeling like a poor slice of Wonder bread in a broken toaster stuffed in a giant 800-degree brick oven. It...
More →UNO University of Nebraska-Omaha | Omaha, Nebraska | 2010 | Photo by Jen-Kuang Chang My dear BFFs commemorate everything-and-anything with overeating. “Sweetie, it’s a tradition,” they declared. But after three hours of kebabs, lemonades, sunshine, 91-degree, buy-one-get-one-free sweaty body & soul, and seemingly infinite Foreigner’s guilty-pleasure music that magically molded everything together, my stomach was as big as Titanic and I started to feel slightly stoned with Foreigner’s “I Want...
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