Day 1,453: facet, ballyhoo, parlous

Today in prosperous East Asia a different facet of those ballyhooed values is looking even more parlous.

The new Asian family

Artwork of the day 
Still Life (Palace of Facets)
Konstantin Makovsky
Original Title: Натюрморт. Сокровища Грановитой палаты
Date: c.1890
Style: Romanticism
Genre: still life

Word of the day 
facet: one part of a subject, situation, etc. that has many parts
ballyhoo: a lot of noise and activity, often with no real purpose
parlous: very bad, dangerous, or uncertain

Quote of the day
“There is no Them. There are only facets of Us.”
― John Green