Mural for Taiwan (detail)
© 2000, Michael O'Rourke

The dragon figure here is an ornamental detail from an ancient military fort in southern Taiwan.The image above it is of the National Performing Arts Center, in Taipei, showing a portion of the main building and its surrounding gardens

The people were photographed on the streets of New York City's Chinatown, linking the Chinese of Taiwan with those of America. The dispersal of cultures, the way cultures move, influence each other, and change. Our increasingly small planet.