Morning bamboo

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my photo, inverted

Paintings by Teerth Krishnanand:

"Zen"

"Bamboo in Wind", Xia Chang, c. 1460, Metropolitan Museum of Art

"Bamboo in the Four Seasons", Attributed to Tosa Mitsunobu, 15th century
Metropolitan Museum of Art

bamboo salad servers found here

hand painted bamboo design vase found here

bamboo chairs found here

bamboo vintage children's ski poles found here

 bamboo bike found here

bamboo scaffolding in India found here 
(thanks, Lorenzo, I had forgotten how great bamboo is for scaffolding)

 I got so excited when rauf commented, because I didn't know
the tribal village in my favorite post of his (his 2 photos above and below), is built from bamboo.
It's so obvious, now that I look again with bamboo eyes!
rauf's beautiful Priya post is here.

bamboo house in China found here

bamboo bar in Vietnam found here

"Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, 
while the bamboo or willow 

survives by bending with the wind." ~ Bruce Lee

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Bamboo forest fight scene:

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