Friday, February 22, 2013

ancient scripts - Brahmi to Pallava to Pyu to Burmese and other SE Asian languages

http://www.skyknowledge.com/pallava.htm Endlessly fascinating./ I am convinced the "donation inscriptions" I saw at Banteay Serai near Angkor in Cambodia were a form of these. I can't get over it./ Stay tuned, I need time to find my Angkor pics./

"Today I want to laugh, said my grandson"--then age 8. Visiting Jim Henson's workshop--Smithsonian Magazine.

The work that’s come out of this shop—and its sibling locations in London and Burbank—has so thoroughly shaped the national entertainment la...