Friday, May 31, 2013
Saturday, May 25, 2013
New Kid on the Block: Investigating West 44th’s Artist in Residence | Observer
New Kid on the Block: Investigating West 44th’s Artist in Residence | Observer
My good friend and great Colombian poet and writer
Jaime Manrique gave this to us on FB, thanks brother! Doesn't this call you to find somewhere in this world to go and stay two months, maybe longer and just write poetry, phrases, whatever come or we hear our muses call us to....?
My good friend and great Colombian poet and writer
Jaime Manrique gave this to us on FB, thanks brother! Doesn't this call you to find somewhere in this world to go and stay two months, maybe longer and just write poetry, phrases, whatever come or we hear our muses call us to....?
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013
The Angry Monk - a difficult film to watch
Gendun Choephel (1903-1951) is a legendary figure in Tibet, not
simply because he was believed to be the reincarnation of a famous
Buddhist lama but also because this promising young monk eventually
turned his back on monastic life and became a fierce critic of his
country's religious conservatism, cultural isolationism, and reactionary
government. After leaving the monastery in 1934, and fueled by his
intellectual curiosity and free-spirited nature, Choephel began
extensive travels throughout Tibet and India in order to understand the
true political history of his country.
Angry Monk provides both a personal and political portrait of this pioneering and visionary intellectual who was also a smoking, drinking, and sexually active man who renounced the "false duty of monastic obligations." The film traces the biography and historic times of Choephel, who lived between the British colonial invasion of 1903 and the occupation by the Chinese army in 1951.
Choephel's many writings include a guide book to Buddhist holy sites in India, a Tibetan translation of the Kama Sutra, and a political history of Tibet published posthumously. He also wrote articles for an expatriate newspaper that criticized Tibet as a political, cultural and scientific backwater, which in 1946 led the Tibetan government to imprison Choephel for three years as a political subversive. Today Choephel is a revered figure in his Chinese-occupied homeland, and an influential symbol of hope for those seeking political and spiritual reform in a free Tibet.
Angry Monk provides both a personal and political portrait of this pioneering and visionary intellectual who was also a smoking, drinking, and sexually active man who renounced the "false duty of monastic obligations." The film traces the biography and historic times of Choephel, who lived between the British colonial invasion of 1903 and the occupation by the Chinese army in 1951.
Choephel's many writings include a guide book to Buddhist holy sites in India, a Tibetan translation of the Kama Sutra, and a political history of Tibet published posthumously. He also wrote articles for an expatriate newspaper that criticized Tibet as a political, cultural and scientific backwater, which in 1946 led the Tibetan government to imprison Choephel for three years as a political subversive. Today Choephel is a revered figure in his Chinese-occupied homeland, and an influential symbol of hope for those seeking political and spiritual reform in a free Tibet.
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