Sincere

Hi All

Listen up world, I am about to drop some knowledge.

When I was a kid I went to a school in East London called Selborne College.  Here we learnt Latin.  It was during one of our lessons that I learnt the origin of the word "Sincere".  It comes from two words.  The First is "Sine" meaning Without and the second is "Cere" meaning Wax.  You see, back in the day there wasn’t too much to decorate a garden or home with so Stone Sculpture was the big thing.  Now those with enough money could buy the really good quality stuff, done by the finest craftsmen around.  However, as with any business you had your chancers out there.  They would cover up shoddy workmanship with Wax.  Naturally when the buyer put these pieces in the sun, to show them off, the wax would melt and the shoddy workmanship would be revealed.  Merchants would then put the words SINE CERE on their pieces to show that they were of the highest quality and Without Wax.

So where am I going with all of this… Today I took a stroll to the town of Wu Chi.  A sort of Suburb of Taichung, and the thing I was looking at today was Temples.  Mostly Buddhist and Tao.  Anyhoo, tying that in with my Wax story up top, I saw some of the most fantastic Stone sculptures imaginable.  Highest quality workmanship and really impressive.  I have placed all the pics of my day in the Work Folder under the Sub folder, Taichung, or just click on the picture. 

Check em out.

Pete