James Bowen's photos

I've been trying to work out why these statues bug me all week. I think this one bugs me because the child's cross-eyed.

I've been trying to work out why these statues bug me all week. I think this one bugs me because the mum's looking like she's going slightly mad.

One of my goals in life is to take a picture (inside and out) of every US state capitol. I took this picture from my hotel window. I didn't post it earlier, because it felt like cheating!

One of the things that I learned today that this isn't the Indian Buddha. Apparently the term "Buddha" is applied to any Buddhist who achieves a sort of Zen like enlightenment. Budai, a Chinese Buddhist apparently achieved such a state, and became an icon of Chinese Buddhism because of it. There are times when I can sound ignorant I think (see below). Till recently, my problem with Budai was, why he had to be so fat. The Indian Buddhist icon isn't, and being Catholic, I like my religious leaders to suffer for us. Part of me wondered how much Budai suffered if he was able to eat so much food.

My folks used to take us to Ibiza when we were kids. They've recently bought a house there, and at times threaten to retire there. I went to visit over the summer. It's used to look a lot more like this than it does now.

I have no idea why, but this picture reminds me of the actress Amanda Bynes

I'm not sure why, but this reminds me of a Tintin cartoon strip.