Serialized Essay
Artists in the limelight, up-and-coming young people – these and others who are capturing attention on the world stage report on the latest in their activity in this essay.
2012.3. 1
006 The Joyous Case of an Accidental Curator
From March 24th to May 15th of 2011, I acted as curator for a small but well-known and internationally recognized gallery in Bangkok called 100 Tonson Gallery. The exhibition was called "Spiritutainment," which is a word mutated from the marriage of "spirituality" and "entertainment." The idea was...
2012.2. 1
005 You Plant A Seed, You Watch Your Seed Becomes A Tree, You've Made Art
In 2009 and 2010, for a total of about 4 months, I traveled across that country. One of the most interesting encounters (there were a lot more than one, believe me) I had in that time was with an art teacher in Davao named Ric Obenza.
2011.12. 1
004 Judging a Place by Its Cover: a Photographic Portrait of the Town of Books by an Addict
I've not met a bookstore addict more intense than myself. Over the years, several people had mentioned the English town Hay-on-Wye to me. they said; it's a bookstore town, almost every store in the place is a bookstore!
2011.11. 1
003 To Russia with (Invisible) Waves
One day I received that email, the email I was always secretly hoping for; the sender asked whether I would attend the international film festival in Vladivostok for a Q & A session following the screening of "Invisible Waves".
2011.7. 1
004 Who Wants to be Translated
I don't translate my own writing (i.e. "Who Wants to Translate", published April 1, 2011). That doesn't necessarily mean that I would rather turn that work over to someone else.
2011.6. 1
003 An Acquaintance Formerly Known as a Stranger
If you were to go overseas, you couldn't actually ask a stranger, "Could I stay at your place for the night?," could you?
2011.5. 1
002 I Dare Not to Wear Glasses
When I was a kid, we had our head shots taken at school every year. The photos weren't for any particular use. It must have been done as a courtesy to the students' family. But then I realized that the school collected a fee for it from each student. In that sense...
2011.4. 1
001 Who Wants to Translate
I'm having trouble translating a proverb. In English, it goes like this: "He who acts as his own attorney has a fool for a client."...I really can't decide, and it's driving me nuts.
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