Enlightenment
Bohai, having joined Melanie and James on their bridge of understanding, sat once more with James on the shoreline of the Pearl River near their humble siheyuan.
He spoke quietly.
詹姆士·詹姆斯（James）收到您的那件作品時，我雕刻了您從清朝收藏中購買的作品，您還記得那裡寫的文字嗎？
願它帶來你； 啟蒙，幸福與吉祥。
{“James when you received the piece, I carved that you bought from the Ching Dynasty Collection, do you remember the words that were written there?
May it bring you; Enlightenment, Happiness and Good fortune.”}
As Bohai’s wisdom flowed, James understood Enlightenment and why he had traveled from New York in 2020 to Canton in 1775.
“一切都變了
太陽直到它第一次升起才落下。
在新的一天落山之前，太陽不會升起。
沒有過去就沒有現在。
直到過去已經過去，未來才能到來。
一切都變了。
萬物必須過去。
成為現在； 成為過去。
未來可以如您所願。”
{“All things change
The sun does not set until it has first risen.
The sun does not rise on a new day before it has set on the old.
The present is not possible without the past.
The future cannot come until the past has gone.
All things change.
All things must pass.
To be now; be the past.
The future can be as you wish it to be.”}
They meditated together in silence.
Transported into history
1 - It was a night to remember forever!
2 - Moving within elite circles.
3 - Melanie was transported to ‘Un jour à Versailles’
4 - James will never believe this!
5 - James called back, but Melanie was away in France!
6 - “Happy anniversary my love - See you tonight”
7 - They woke in each other’s arms
8 - “Would you marry me 230 years ago James?”
9 - The French Court setting designs.
10 - Immersed in history
11 - Planning a trip for one day in May
12 - Auction Day to come somewhere in time May 7th 1819
13 - A breakfast fit for a King
14 - Hello Lord Wemsys - May 7th 1819
15 - Now we can return to see Marie.
16 - James and Melanie will marry in Versailles tomorrow.
17 - The wedding June 7th 1789.
18 - The letter was stained by Melanie’s tears.
19 - To visit Versailles once more
20- The flight to Geneva with Merie by her side
21 - The saving of Marie’s Jewels
22 - I fear to be the Last Queen of France. Write our story!
23 - Holding you forever my sister. Time still exists!
24 - A lock of hair
25 - Slavery – the absence of Choice to Choose.
26 - James will you still love me in another 200 years?
27 - Our bond will never break, even in a thousand years.
28 - A hole in the heart of history. A story of slavery.
29 - Our love will go on wherever you are.
30 - ‘The Slavery of Marie Antoinette’
32 - The Power of the pendant. "Nous avons aimé dans le temps."
33 - “Viva La Vida Melanie.” {“Live life Melanie.”}
34 - Time alone gives Marie love.
35 - Marie-Thérèse did live.
36 - Time heals.
37 - Escape from Tuileries Palace.
38 - The endless dawns of time.
40 - Where is it? Where is it!!?
41 - Tears from the Temple Tower
42 - Where are you now?
43 - Marie-Thérèse’s letter to her mother.
45 - The Postman never arrived.
46 - Sometimes not knowing is the answer.
49 - Change the world one wish at a time
50 - Be the Change you wish to see.
51 - Let me share my vision with you Marie.
53 - Snow on the ground
54 - Come with me Marie
56 - Over the sea to Skye
57 - Another night to remember
59 - Escape from Perth to Edinburgh; the Queen is safe.
60 - A horse a horse; my kingdom for a horse!
61 - Setting out to Edinburgh Castle
62 - Dreaming
66 - The Battle of Killiecrankie
68 - Ask the mountains
69 - Echoes of the past
70 - Where are you Marie?
4 4 71 - James heard the call.
73 - Life’s a continuum.
74 - The soothing light of White
75 - The Autumn winds of my heart.
76 - Lost in thoughts and lost in time.
77 - I wish you were here Marie!
78 - Brothers in Arms
79 - Lay me down
80 - Share Christmas with me Melanie.
81 - The Leaving
82 - Louis - last visit.
83 - My days are done.
84 - An artist’s grief
85 - An Artist’s heart
86 - All things pass
87 - The Queen’s commission 1755
88 - Morning mist
89 - Single perfect bloom
90 - Forever; life.
91 - Back to China
92 - Journeys
93 - An Artist’s legacy
94 - The journey from Canton to New York
96 - Play for James
97 - The days passed by
98 - Before birth.
99 - Serenity to chaos
100 - Moist morning dew – tears in the ocean.
101 - Wisdom of the waves.
102 - The passing of wisdom
103 - Lessons lost in time
104 - Unknown life
105 - Tears of understanding
Ching Dynasty Collection
We are the custodians of some of the most exquisite examples of hand carved artistry from 200 years ago,. These were commissioned by King George III of Great Britain & Ireland for Queen Charlotte in 1780.
