{"id":1761,"date":"2024-03-30T16:38:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T16:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/?p=1761"},"modified":"2024-03-30T16:38:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T16:38:57","slug":"training-portrait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/30\/training-portrait\/","title":{"rendered":"Training Portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"924\" data-attachment-id=\"1762\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/masonimageblog.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/30\/training-portrait\/2016_thailand_-309_0029\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2016_Thailand_-309_0029.jpg?fit=898%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"898,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Training Day\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Portrait of a local monk in Thailand at the train station outside Bangkok&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Local monk awaits the trains arrival  &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2016_Thailand_-309_0029.jpg?fit=768%2C924&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2016_Thailand_-309_0029.jpg?resize=768%2C924&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1762\" style=\"width:860px;height:auto\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2016_Thailand_-309_0029.jpg?resize=851%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 851w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2016_Thailand_-309_0029.jpg?resize=249%2C300&amp;ssl=1 249w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2016_Thailand_-309_0029.jpg?resize=125%2C150&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2016_Thailand_-309_0029.jpg?resize=768%2C924&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2016_Thailand_-309_0029.jpg?resize=80%2C96&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/masonimageblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/2016_Thailand_-309_0029.jpg?w=898&amp;ssl=1 898w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ugh! It was a day of moving and memorials for me as the last day of standard time quickly became a day of no time. A scattered mind is no playground for inspiration so a trip to the well seemed enviable from early on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On this day in Thailand I was taking a train trip to visit the real-life setting of the classic WWII-era film\/book \u201cThe Bridge on the River Kwai\u201d It was a day-long trip to reach the river crossing where US and English POWs toiled for months building a bridge to allow the Japanese land access to Burma and the natural resources that resided there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Early that morning as I and hundreds of other travelers waited for the train\u2019s arrival I spotted this Buddhist monk patiently waiting, as I was, to begin the journey. 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