2014-06-30

Embossed Leather


Taipei
Taiwan
台灣 台北
2013.08.05
© Alton Thompson 唐博敦

Exploration is wired into our brains. If we can see the horizon, we want to know what's beyond.
– Buzz Aldrin



2014-06-05

1001 Nights

My first electronic book is now available:


This book offers a short story retelling of the Shahrazad legend from the classic One Thousand and One Nights (also known as The Arabian Nights). This brief version can be enjoyed when reading in silence, yet lends itself to presentation by live storytellers. It stands on its own, yet also makes a good effect when read as a spoken introduction to an orchestral performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.

Smashwords makes 1001 Nights available in a variety of formats. Look for it soon in Amazon, Android, Apple and Barnes & Noble stores.

I hope you'll give it a look. The story is priced at the minimum: US$0.99.

ISBN: 9781311719171
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2014-06-04

Lifting the Light

Kaohsiung
Taiwan
台灣 高雄
2008
© Alton Thompson 唐博敦

A two-story tall commemorative lantern anticipates the 2009 World Games in Taiwan's southern port city Kaohsiung. The figure wears the traditional clothing of Taiwan's native Austronesian islanders. The posture echoes that of the Goddess of Democracy erected by Chinese students in Beijing during the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy rallies.

Alton's Images
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