B is for Bangkok

If you lived in Bangkok, would you—

• Ride on a boat to get to school?
• Learn to dance with your fingers bending like melting chocolate bars?
• Eat your breakfast on the street?
• Bring garlands of flowers to your spirit house?
• Snack on luscious, spiky, stinky durian?

A day in the life of one of the world’s most magical places unfolds in paintings drenched in the color and nonstop motion of Thailand’s capital city. From a monk’s mo…