Unknown life
Bohai reflected on the legacy he now knew would outlive him.
It would be the survival of his unknown life.
James and Melanie had shown him that his artistry would live on well into the future. His hand carving of the Queen’s pieces would still exist 255 years into the future in the year 2020 and beyond.
He gazed at the painting on the wall of his humble siheyuan.
Closing his eyes to meditate his request to the ancients was given.
“請注意； 我的內心和靈魂正在與那些年復一年的藝術家的未知生活去拜訪，以了解他們的智慧和激情。”
{“Take my mind; my heart and soul on a journey to visit with the unknown lives of the artists of years gone by, to know their wisdom and passions”} he asked.
Slipping silently into meditation the wisdom of the ancients filled his senses as he drifted through the ages.
The words of the poets and philosophers, the palate of the painter and the music of the angels were given; all was revealed without payment.
The poet’s words of love, passion, hurt, grief, were now as real as if spoken directly to him.
The philosopher’s wisdom, understanding, insights were exposed.
The painters brush strokes giving life to images to be preserved from a single moment in time to live forever, flowed over him.
The resonance of a single note hung in the air, waiting for the artist to join it with the next creation of a symphony in a journey to immortality filled his senses.
As the gentle breeze drifted over him and the candles flickered Chunhau blessed the night adding her gift to the immortality of the artists single note.
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
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.
