feeling very happy that we can finally release the projects that were waiting in line for so long to be published (MARQUIS ART BOOK iss 44):
Complex and Intense Beauty is Almost Beyond Language: A Nameless Grace
The Grace of Yao Mountain
Model - Grace Liu
Photographer - Gerardo Chierchia
Concept and poems - David Black
Location - Heavenly Queen Temple Footscray
Pic 1
I came from the mysterious mountain of Yao,
To the shores of Australia where I live now,
My name is Grace Liu, I have a story to tell,
Of how Melbourne became the place I now dwell.
Pic 2
I'll sing you a song of China Old,
Of Liannan Yao of scenic Guangdong,
And King Pan Temple so beautiful and strong,
The mysteries of Tao and my mother tongue.
Pic 3
Atop of the world sits my home of Yao Mountain,
We call it Yaoshan, but some call it heaven,
They tell me my birth was particularly auspicious
I was in the Quan Yin position, just like the goddess.
Pic 4
I pray to Quan Yin,
Goddess of compassion,
For she is my guide,
When there's spiritual famine
Pic 5
A pillar of strength entwined by a white dragon,
I am resilient and strong and full of passion,
I stand at the door of the heavenly temple,
I leave the material world outside as I enter the bastion.
Pic 6
You see my smile for I offer it freely,
But you don't know me yet for I am a mystery,
My clothing is Yao for these are my people,
But I stand in Australia for that's now my country.
Pic 7
I travel this path, a spiritual quest
From the East to the South and the culture of the West,
From Millenium Yao Village, I left my old place,
To live in fair Melbourne for this is my fate.
Pic 8
I was forged in the fires of the ancient Orient,
But like a phoenix reborn, I am now an Australian!
Complex and Intense Beauty is Almost Beyond Language: A Nameless Grace
The Grace of Yao Mountain
Model - Grace Liu
Photographer - Gerardo Chierchia
Concept and poems - David Black
Location - Heavenly Queen Temple Footscray
Pic 1
I came from the mysterious mountain of Yao,
To the shores of Australia where I live now,
My name is Grace Liu, I have a story to tell,
Of how Melbourne became the place I now dwell.
Pic 2
I'll sing you a song of China Old,
Of Liannan Yao of scenic Guangdong,
And King Pan Temple so beautiful and strong,
The mysteries of Tao and my mother tongue.
Pic 3
Atop of the world sits my home of Yao Mountain,
We call it Yaoshan, but some call it heaven,
They tell me my birth was particularly auspicious
I was in the Quan Yin position, just like the goddess.
Pic 4
I pray to Quan Yin,
Goddess of compassion,
For she is my guide,
When there's spiritual famine
Pic 5
A pillar of strength entwined by a white dragon,
I am resilient and strong and full of passion,
I stand at the door of the heavenly temple,
I leave the material world outside as I enter the bastion.
Pic 6
You see my smile for I offer it freely,
But you don't know me yet for I am a mystery,
My clothing is Yao for these are my people,
But I stand in Australia for that's now my country.
Pic 7
I travel this path, a spiritual quest
From the East to the South and the culture of the West,
From Millenium Yao Village, I left my old place,
To live in fair Melbourne for this is my fate.
Pic 8
I was forged in the fires of the ancient Orient,
But like a phoenix reborn, I am now an Australian!
