East Asian treasures of the Met

Can you be homesick for an aesthetic? Growing up Southeast Asian in a family of Chinese descent, wonder | wander | women often feel culturally deprived in our Western homes. 

Mural of Yaoshi Fo, Buddha of medicine
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Doors of North America!

wonder | wander | women certainly made the most of our month together! Aside from travelling, visiting, talking and eating, we indulged ourselves in a feast of picture taking. There were so many lovely things to point our lenses at, but of course we sought out our favourite subject: doors!

CHINA at the Met Museum NYC

wonder | wander | women continues a recent post commissioned for Kate's Paperie because [1] it is a fine topic, [2] there is always more to be said and covered, and [3] it is a discussion dear to our palpitating hearts.

Every fine story has many facets to it and its own Rashomon effect and we are retelling this from yet another perspective.

Most of the coverage for this event has been from the Westerner's enthralled enchantment of orientalia and chinoiserie.