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Inspired by Lin Liang Feng - Summer

July

the world, and everything in it, has dissolved in flame

the impure is consumed lighting the way ahead

what we mistake for solid matter reveals its fickle nature

atoms dancing

August

let us le...Read more

Return to Flamenco

So, as some of you may know, I’ve been heavily immersed in Cantopop (Leslie Cheung, mostly) and whatever you want to call the music Anthony Wong does for the past year.  This is partly what has been driving my desire to learn Cantonese.  Believe me, to be foolish enough to decide to teach yourself Cantonese with no native speakers around and, more importantly, to stick with it for a year, requires some mighty strong motivation.  If I didn’t love something dearly that requires learning that language, I seriously doubt I would be able to lea...Read more

Japanese meditations on love

Ono no Komachi (834?-?) and Izumi Shikibu (974?-1034?) are Japan’s two greatest female poets.  Both lived during the brilliant Heian era and were renowned in their lifetime for their exquisite poetry.  For Valentine’s Day, I offer you some of their poems, many of which deal with the vicissitudes of love.  (These translations appear in The Ink Dark Moon, Translated by Jane Hirshfield and Mariko Aratami, Vintage Books, 1990.)

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Geek Chic--Daniel Wu and Anthony Wong have it, Johnny Depp doesn't!

I have noticed in the past year or so a real resurgence in "Geek Chic".  You know, guys wearing strange clothing combinations (and if they don't fit quite right, so much the better), thick rimmed glasses, frightful hats and just generally anti-fashion outfits.  A goofy smile doesn't hurt, either.  Now you might think every guy has an inner geek just waiting to come out.  But think about it for a minute:  could you ever envision Mick Jagger as a geek?  Hardly!  There are...Read more

Snow Day

A few weeks ago, we had a rare event here in central North Carolina, we had significant enough snowfall that my place of business told us all to stay home for the day.  We were all very lucky that we got to stay home that day and enjoy all of the festivities surrounding the Obama Inauguration, as well as time to spend with family relaxing and going out in the snow.  I took a few pictures of my yard in the snow.  I love snow, especially because it is such a rare treat in this part of the US.

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Inspired by Lin Liang Feng - Spring

April

if I reach out my hand, surely I can touch those looming peaks that crowd out the sky

look, my feet no longer touch the ground as I lift my eyes to those sentinels of heaven

May

you cannot escape the snow dragon undulating...Read more

Inspired by Lin Liang Feng - Winter

AnD artist, Lin Liang Feng, http://www.alivenotdead.com/linliangfeng, recently posted a series of paintings, one for each month of the year.  Inspired by those pictures, I produced a poem for each month.  First, the poems inspired by the pictures for January, February and March.

January

where does that lonely path lead uncoiling li...Read more

Leslie Cheung--Gone, but not forgotten

Franny, a Leslie Cheung fan from Japan, has posted a report on the Red Mission Japan exhibition that honored Leslie Cheung's musical career.  After looking at the photos of the exhibition,  I want to go and listen again to some of Leslie's music.

Here is the link for the first of 5 blog reports.

http://www.alivenotdead.com/Franny/-Leslie+Cheung+Music+World-+Exhibition+vol....Read more

Hoarding

Hoarding

I hoard traces of you under my fingernails --sweat, saliva, semen-- taking you with me when I walk away

not looking back

when you call out “good-bye”