Tag: Asia

  • Japan’s samurai city that chose art over war

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    Kanazawa has 22 kinds of traditional arts, including kutani-yaki (pottery), urushi (lacquerware), Kaga yūzen (silk kimono dying) and Kaga zougan (inlay metalwork). It is also the national capital of the production of kinpaku (gold leaf) and the many glittering things made with it, from Buddhist shrines to facial masks. Throughout history, Kanazawa’s promotion of crafts…

  • Photo of the Day

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    Biswajit Dihidar shares his thoughts and stories through the lens of his camera.  Check out Viewfound for more intriguing pictures…  

  • Kintaro The Golden Boy

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    Lee Jay Walker brings us the art and folklore of Japan’s Kintaro the Golden Boy: Toshidama Gallery comments about the depiction of Kintaro by the artist Utagawa Yoshikazu (pitcure above)by stating that “Yoshikazu portrays Kintaro (the Golden Boy) wrestling one of Yorimitsu’s retainers. Kintaro, as with so many Japanese heroes, is the subject of legend and possibly…

  • Happy Birthday Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

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    Today is Ghandi’s birthday.  He would have been 144.  In honor of this auspicious occasion, some timeless Ghandi wisdom: “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” “A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.” “An ounce of practice is worth…

  • Photo of the Day

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    The rice terraces of Yunnan, China, are carved into the hillside. Different types of vegetation lend the landscape its alternating hues. See more surreal landscapes here.

  • Sunday’s Poem

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    Noshi Gillani Is a poet from Pakistan who writes in Urdu. Noshi Gillani was born in Pakistan in 1964. Her fifth collection of poems: Ay Meeray Shureek-E-Risal-E-Jaan, Hum Tera Intezaar Kurtay Rahey (O My Beloved, I Kept Waiting for You) was published in Pakistan in 2008. Can Someone Bring Me My Entire Being? My arms, my eyes, my face? I am a…

  • Sustainability Does Not Travel Well

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    Pamela Mar explores the distinction between the meaning of sustainability in the East vs. the West and concludes that “sustainability does not travel well.” …the definition of sustainability – i.e. progress which stems from balancing economic, environmental and social priorities – may resonate globally, but the strategies for implementing it have to be tailored to…

  • People of Color In the Middle Ages Not an Anachronism

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    I ran across the blog Medieval POC while reading an article at the Oxford University Press. The focus of the blog is to “showcase works of art from European history that feature People of Color” and to “address common misconceptions that People of Color did not exist in Europe before the Enlightenment”. Here’s a recent post: The all-white…

  • Indian Indigenous Activist and Journalist Dayamani Barla In Her Own Words

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    Dayamani was born in the indigenous tribal (also known as Adivasi in India) dominant Jharkhand state of eastern India. Her family belonged to the Munda tribe. Dayamani’s father like other tribals in the region was cheated out of his property, because he could not read and lacked paperwork to show his rights to the land.…

  • Rosalina Tan – An Inspiration to All

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    Oliver Samson presents the story of Rosalina S. Tan, a 70 year-old advocate for organic farming.  An inspiring person and an inspiring story: ROSALINA S. TAN, owner of Nature Wonders Enterprises, a company engaged in making organic cosmetic products, is still active at 70. She is an epitome of a healthy and active septuagenarian. Her…