The Conversation
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- Raguel: The origins of racism in the American military as described by loudestfuckingazns is accurate. Very recently,...
- bigWOWO: Sorry, Larry, just noticed that the spam robot junked your comment. Approved!
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- bigWOWO: Agree with King. This might not be a bad thing for Asian Americans to hear about. We can jump off the STEM...
- Raguel: People are too accustomed to thinking about value only in terms of money. Even artists are guilty of it. Some...
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- Raguel: Found a great website, take a look at this: https://www.cdt.org/ Why should privacy be important, in an age...
- Raguel: Following the temporary shelving of SOPA and PIPA in the long line of net neutrality battles, the feds and...
- Chr..: “Asian American men have to get more involved, not less. It’s a civic responsibility, and you have to...
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- bigWOWO: By the way, speaking of activism, there was a great David Brooks column recently. He talks about how people...
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- bigWOWO: No worries. I feel the same way. Nothing against her, but just doubtful.
- Raguel: Hi Byron! I’ve been occupied doing a lot of reading and thinking recently. I suppose its just another...
- bigWOWO: Hey Raguel, What about your comments on ASSK?
I agree with everything you said. About #1…I think...
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- SWR: Apparently the girl in the second video was not the girl who filmed the fight. It was probably unwise of her to...
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- bigWOWO: Jeff, You called it! They were (if I recall correctly) 7 (twins) and 2. He’s still in the honeymoon...
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- ben: I’ve been getting into Asian rock music recently so thank you all very much for uploading all these videos.
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- bigWOWO: But kobu, how can we have literature and art without money to support artists and writers? About...
- kobukson: I don’t know why everyone seems to think the notion of the decline of the middle class is such a bad...
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- Eurasian Sensation: @ BigWowo: New governments following independence or a major power struggle often have the sort...
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- N: What’s your opinion on Yundi Li and Yoyo Ma.
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- trolldetector: ^ i’d agree with that. but i wouldnt call them ‘idiots’, just misguided. crazy media...
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- Sana Rose: Well, now I am confused. I still can’t classify the novel I am writing.
I wouldn’t say...
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- Raguel: So is that the reasoning for why you don’t need the right to due process? Are you some kind of fucking...
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Tag Archives: art
Christine Sun Kim’s Performance Art
Todd Selby x Christine Sun Kim on Nowness.com.
Check out the above interview with performance artist Christine Sun Kim. Kim has been deaf since birth but has found a way to explore sound. I don’t watch much performance art, but there is something very powerful and mind-expanding in what she’s saying and visually expressing.
“Hypochondriacs Buy More Books Than Sick People.”
I’ve been attending online “webinars” this week, learning about the publishing industry and social media. I’ve learned tons of interesting things about e-publishing, traditional publishing, Twitter, Facebook, and everything. Man, online learning really is the way of the future. I got to learn all this without even flying to New York.
Artists Who Refuse to Work for Free
Someone (who prefers to remain anonymous) sent me a link to the above T-shirt and asked me if I agree. It reads:
I am an artist. This does not mean I will work for free. I have bills like you. Thank you for understanding.
I agree, and I disagree. Having been on both sides–creating the art and asking people to do the art for free, it’s not a simple question with a simple answer.
Economics, Artists, and Everyone Else
I saw the video above at RT (Russia Times). In the video, filmmaker Peter Joseph talks about the Zeitgeist Movement, which promotes moving from a “monetary based economy” to a “resource based economy.” He says that the current system is broken and that we need to change our values. It sounds like socialism. When the interviewer asks him about communism, he says to think about this new system as a family, where everyone works for the benefit of everyone else, where “you’re not tipping your mother every time she brings you something to the table.”
Jake Lee and His Rediscovered Art
There’s a pretty amazing story in the NY Times about the Chinese Historical Society of America’s efforts to track down the work of Chinese American artist Jake Lee. The work was hanging in Kan’s Restaurant for more than 30 years, and then it was suddenly lost. The Society was able to get 7 of the original 11 paintings. The article says:
The works are notable for their rare depictions of Chinese-American history, including laborers working in vineyards, on shrimp farms and in cigar factories at the turn of the 19th century.
The Default Human Being
Answer this question quickly–what race are the people in the picture above?
What are their defining characteristics, what color is their skin, how are their eyes and lips shaped? Can you tell what race they are?
If you answered White, you’re wrong. If you answered Asian, then answer the next question: who are these people? Actually, that question might be too hard, so I’ll give you the answer: from left to right, it’s my daughter the Pod, me, and my son Gun-Gun. (Gun drew this for me yesterday.)
Art Without Po' verty
I saw this post by Roger Fan at YouOffendMeYouOffendMyFamily: acting without dying, happy while trying. In his end-of-the-year blogpost, he says that if he could jump back in time, he would counsel his younger self to “BECOME A DENTIST YOU DIPSHIT.” He says that if he couldn’t convince himself to get into dentistry, he would recommend, “Pursue and develop a fulfilling, pragmatic, non-Hollywood career path in parallel to your efforts of becoming an actor.” He then goes on to list the reasons why actors should have parallel careers, reasons that include having more cash, moving along with life, and being able to travel.
Humanities and CEO Thought
Clarence Otis, Jr., CEO of Darden Restaurants
Interesting interview with Clarence Otis, Jr., CEO of Darden Restaurants here. Two reasons I’m posting this.
1. It’s good to hear from a minority CEO, especially as it relates to hearing ideas. Minority CEOs not only break stereotypes, but they also contribute to the dialogue on what constitutes good governance.
2. Look what he says:
Q. Anything in your background that, looking back, prepared you for the art of building a team?
Tagged art, business
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This Ain't No Disco
Hit it!
This ain’t no disco
It ain’t no country club either
This is LA!
–Sheryl Crow from “All I Wanna Do“
The funny video above has been getting around the AA blogosphere. I think Alpha broke the news first, and then everyone started posting. Anyway, the most recent blog to link it is 8Asians, where John also provides linkage to the two actors in the video, Grace Su and Danny Cho.
