Providence in Singapore!
This is indeed a small world. So many people connected to Providence came to see WaterFire again in Singapore. Among them was our dear friend… Read More »Providence in Singapore!
September 2011
WaterFire in Buenos Aires?
Lighting the braziers on a boat in Providence tonight with the flames sent there from our first lighting in Asia is a special guest. Isaac… Read More »WaterFire in Buenos Aires?
WaterFire all around the World!
We just came back from our dawn transfer of firelight from here in Singapore, where the day first dawns, back to Providence on the opposite… Read More »WaterFire all around the World!
Fire around the world
WaterFire Singapore is officially a rousing success. With only a few glitches, fifty-eight braziers were lit and fed tonight to enormous public acclaim. We’re doing… Read More »Fire around the world
And finally, some videos!
Forgive us – we’ve been busy. All blog and no video? How’s anybody going to get a picture painted without footage?
We’ll have some footage of the first WaterFire lighting in Asia in just a bit. Meanwhile, here are a few short clips to give you a sense of the place we’ve been so graciously invited to experience.
First, a quick glance at the marketplace across the street that we’ve visited for one reason or another pretty much every day.
T-minus….
30 minutes until we light our very first WaterFire in Asia! The braziers are set, the grounds of the park are teeming, nobody can find… Read More »T-minus….
Ice Cold Coconut Juice!
Ice cold coconut juice, freshly macheted from the husk, is enjoyed by some of the WaterFire Providence team of volunteers fresh off the water in… Read More »Ice Cold Coconut Juice!
Old and New
Singapore is a stunningly beautiful city where a walk of a few blocks can take you through centuries of times and scores of cultures. Here… Read More »Old and New
Singapore
This is Singapore!
Building Braziers, Singapore Style
Today, the work kicked in.
It started with another Asian breakfast (gotta love those spicy noodles!) and a long walk around the reservoir from the university we’re hosted at to the event site, which was buzzing with activity. Fortunately, a lot of that activity involved putting up tents, because the sky immediately opened up for what we now know is a classic Singaporean downpour. The longer you’re in Singapore, the more you realize just how many infrastructural details and architectural quirks are built around the assumption that there will be a flash flood basically every day. At least, I think that’s the reason that sections of every floor abruptly go two inches higher or lower for no obvious reason.
But our new braziers had been delivered! They were carefully constructed in an outdoor fabrication shop in Indonesia – bear in mind that Indonesia is so close that it’s visible – ready to be assembled.
That’s when the local volunteers arrived. And they made short work of all fifty-eight new braziers.Read More »Building Braziers, Singapore Style