"I am what I am"--Leslie Cheung

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSirijfZXdA

me – mandarin version

i am what i am

i will always love myself just the way i am

happiness is

there is not merely one way to happiness

the utmost honor is

every person is the creator’s glory

no need to dodge and hide

i live for the life of my liking

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My Radio Interview--Discovering Leslie Cheung--Direct Link

Here is a direct link to the audio file of my interview with Dick Gordon (a very well-known radio journalist who has hosted critically acclaimed interview programs on NPR for a number of years).  I am the second person interviewed in the program, and come in around the 30 min mark.  It is short, about 20 minutes, so I hope you will take a listen.  I think...Read more

Leslie Cheung and Me: Interview on The Story with Dick Gordon

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Me, Leslie Cheung and "The Story with Dick Gordon"

I just found out today that I am going to be interviewed for the nationally syndicated Public Radio International program, The Story with Dick Gordon".  The topic, How Leslie Cheung Transformed My Life.  I responded to an open invitation to share my story of how my encounter with an individual totally changed my life.  That person for me was Leslie Cheung, even though by the time I discovered Leslie he had been dead for 4 years!  So much of what I am involved in today, I owe to that transforma...Read more

Inspired by Lin Liang Feng - Autumn

October

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One locale on the map of grief

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Funkaliscious Shirley Bassey

I stumbled over this video today, and I have to say I love it.  Shirley Bassey ain't a Dame for nothing.  She shows all the young wanna' be's how its done.  Pull up a chair kids, and listen up.  The art direction on the vid isn't too shabby, either.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7HM5KKIh0E

The best of Fall

Here are a few of my favorite pics from the album I just uploaded.  All of these pictures were shot in my yard this afternoon.

Signs of fall are beginning to appear.

The last flowers

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Exploring China through its art

I went to the art library today at the local university.  Because it is a state institution, as a resident I can pay a small fee every year and then have the right to check out any circulating materials (book, DVD or CD) from 1 to 3 months.

Today I came home with these recently published and highly recommended books about contemporary Chinese art.

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Ambiguity as an Art Form

The issue of intelligibility in Chinese is a double-edged sword.  As a tonal language, all of the so-called Chinese dialects depend on unambiguous tones for meaning.  As a spoken language, without tones it is not possible to fully infer the meaning of words in most instances.  In fact, even with the use of tones, to banish all chance of ambiguity reference to the character representation of a word is often necessary.

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