Mays, originally a Japanese by birth and adopted by an American family, is homesick but cannot locate the whereabouts of her birth family in Japan, unfamiliar with the geographical landscape of her birthplace, and feels distressed and disappointed by the fakeness of both her diasporic and virtual ...
recognisably lilies in the sketch design, have changed to another flower I can’t name. Note the tiny details, though – the crucifixion scene in the borders on the left
The lotus, in the water-lily form, is a persistent ornament in architecture. A well-known example is its use in decorating thecapitalsof columns, a practice dating from ancient Egyptian times. The lotus is also the basis of the Assyrian sacred tree and the Phoenician stela capitals, which ...