The Siren of Bali
… Just as if I was escaping the minotaur of the so-called modern world, 
not really traveling back in time, but more like stepping sideways, across some threshold that distracts our ordinary attention from the direction where the real world stretches off into eternity, and discover at my feet many threads leading off into the distance, beyond the maze of ordinary life, so I seem to find more and more people enamored of the many splendors of Bali, each finding their own way back to Bali, following their own thread out of the maze. I can almost hear the gamelan as if it was next door… Here are three gems recently discovered on the internet:
Bali Art Blog- BaliArtBlog contains “Musings about the Balinese arts of music, dance, sculpture, painting, and the ephemeral arts of offering making in preparation for the Asian Art Museum’s Bali exhibition in summer 2010″
…His House in Bali - “Blessed with what must be one of the most spectacular views in the world, the “Walter Spies House” in Iseh has has been a magnet for artists, musicians, writers, filmmakers, ethnologists, politicians and royalty for nearly seventy years.”
Murni’s in Bali- “Ask for Murni’s when you arrive in Bali and your driver will know right where to take you. The only thing he might ask is whether you want a place to stay or eat or shop — or if you just want to meet Bali’s most gracious living legend. There is a Murni and every day she’s in Ubud making new guests and old friends feel welcome.” See her photo collection here.
The minotaur is always close, we can usually see him. The real world is closer, often too close for comfort, but again so close we usually miss it.