Have no idea if the pictures are showing up. This photo was taken at the Temple of Heaven in beijing. Yes, i am giving shelter to the stone serpent. And yes i am wearing festive swim trunks. --having not used the keyboard in a while, my typing skills are waning-- The idea was that the everyone on the grounds had an umbrella over their heads? Was this blocking the interaction of the rains and the heavens, am still not sure. One aspect is that the Temple did not give protection to the ordinary visitors, or that the feeling is always surrounding us. Either way a cultural rift is present dictating my lack knowledge in eastern and western religion. The trip to the temples did not explain this rift, only that i was at peace and mesmerized by the water reflecting off of the dark blue tiles and stone coutyards.