{"id":503,"date":"2010-03-13T08:41:16","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T08:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zariat.com\/home\/?p=503"},"modified":"2012-11-26T00:34:55","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T07:34:55","slug":"where-there-is-no-word-for-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zariat.com\/home\/2010\/03\/13\/where-there-is-no-word-for-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Where There Is No Word for &#8216;Art&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bali is an extraordinary place, where nothing stays the same, yet everything seems ageless&#8230; The Balinese language has no specific word for Art, i am told, yet the island is adorned with elaborate detail. It is a land of inexplicable paradoxes, with a certain beguiling charm that can be both delightful and maddening in turn.<\/p>\n<p>I visited Ubud, Kuta, Seminyak, and Tanah Lot on this trip, all places i&#8217;ve been before, which perhaps allowed me to look more deeply at subtleties i might have previously missed. 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