Saturday, November 14, 2009

Sundy at the market: a photo by my new Droid!
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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Streets to Studio

Posted by PicasaWorking on my next show vaguely titled "From Streets to Studio". I want to combine my history paintings, those shown in Los Altos Hills Town Hall; with some of my recent studio study pieces.
The contrast is there: there will be real life narratives vs. calm poses of studio figures.
Several recent pieces are posted here.
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new paintings

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new paintings


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Monday, April 27, 2009

Bei Dao poem

回答

卑鄙是卑鄙者的通行证,
高尚是高尚者的墓志铭,
看吧,在那镀金的天空中,
飘满了死者弯曲的倒影。

冰川纪过去了,
为什么到处都是冰凌?
好望角发现了,
为什么死海里千帆相竞?

我来到这个世界上,
只带着纸、绳索和身影,
为了在审判前,
宣读那些被判决的声音。

告诉你吧,世界
我--不--相--信!
纵使你脚下有一千名挑战者,
那就把我算作第一千零一名。

我不相信天是蓝的,
我不相信雷的回声,
我不相信梦是假的,
我不相信死无报应。

如果海洋注定要决堤,
就让所有的苦水都注入我心中,
如果陆地注定要上升,
就让人类重新选择生存的峰顶。

新的转机和闪闪星斗,
正在缀满没有遮拦的天空。
那是五千年的象形文字,
那是未来人们凝视的眼睛。

--北岛

Sunday, April 19, 2009

The source of the following series of photos was from 10/31/2008 New York Times' story of an afghan civilian being rescued by the U.S. troops and their front line medics. I use them as an illustration to my twitter updates on saving lives under extreme conditions.