Eastern blocks

Rothko urged us not to think of the lines in his paintings as a division between two blocks of a similar colour, but rather as a join between these masses. This may be what appeals to me so much about central Asia, apparently caught between Europe, Arabia, India and China, but really the bond between them all, sewing them together with a strand of silk. I long to see Samarkand, Kashgar, Isfahan without knowing anything about them. But Rajastan, St. Petersburg, Jordan, Guatemala all need to be seen too; those blocks of colour are waiting for me!