OBSESSIONS: Life as a Canvas for Art: My recent talk about ENEMIES.
How to meet warlords and militants, or… 20 steps to avoid if you want a simple life I gave this talk last week for Pecha Kucha, Austin. …
21 Dec
The End of the World
The End of the World
Peace must be worked for. It isn’t easy. Nobody ever said it was. I have seen this. The world won’t end tomorrow, and many of …
13 Dec
Background to ENEMIES
Background to ENEMIES
While I am putting together new works from my Kashmir trip, I thought you all might like to see the project that was probably the …
26 Jul
Floating Among the Clouds and Stars
Floating Among the Clouds and Stars
Ladakh… Wild taxi rides snaking over passes through snow-capped mountains to monasteries perched on the edges of cliffs. Young monks playing with matchbox cars and …
13 Jul
Leaders in a Harsh Paradise
Leaders in a Harsh Paradise
Kashmir rushed upon us like a charging animal. In other conflict zones I have gone in quietly and with subtle diplomacy in order to find …
09 Jul
Fire, Sorrow and Caution
Fire, Sorrow and Caution
Again I have been holding off on posting about Kashmir, because the situation here has been a bit uncertain. After the burning down of the …
27 Jun
Kashmir
Kashmir
So, here we are in Kashmir. I needed to wait and feel things out before blogging about this very complicated conflict. The first thing I …
25 Jun
Staying in former and current conflict zones
Staying in former and current conflict zones
Rainy morning. No electricity. This is one of the complaints of the Kashmiris I’ve talked to – their massive water resources are dammed for hydroelectric …
18 Jun
McLeod Ganj Walk
McLeod Ganj Walk
I’ve been in McLeod Ganj longer than I planned – going on two weeks now. A couple weeks ago China closed Tibet to foreigners, so …
15 Jun
Political Prisoners and the Most Powerful Refugee Community in the World
Political Prisoners and the Most Powerful Refugee Community in the World
Arresting, horrifying, sad… what else to describe the photographs and illustrations in the offices and gallery of GuChuSum. GuChuSum is the Tibetan Former Political Prisoners Association. …