Visual Culture outside the Shin Kong Mitsukoshi building, Nova, and Taipei Main Station

Something about this made me laugh….

It’s the cheapest man in Britain. He uses tea bags three times and duck tapes his shoes. After reading this article I can understand why his girlfriend does not live with him and think he may suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder. Nonetheless, I will probably download and watch this program on the cheapest [...]

Diary of a PhD Student Week 7 The Bad

Sometimes I am just too exhausted to do it all. Sometimes I feel sick, over tired, burnt out, and there is just no time. No time! More work to do! More! More! More! Everything seems to take forever and the hours are just eaten up, gone!

The other [...]

Support Myanmar and the Protesting Monks of Burma

Over the past week I have been deeply touched in reading about the protests in Burma/Myanmar by the tens of thousands of Buddhist monks in an effort to undermine their brutal and repressive military regime. The politics of the Myanmar people have be a personal interest for some time and back in [...]

A big thanks to David on Formosa and Michael Turton

As a foreigner in Taiwan information can be like currency. Often I will find myself taking the long way round the city or be at a loss due to misinformation or lack of communication on culture and language. Yesterday David on Formosa sent an email with the recommendation of a good Chinese [...]

Taiwan blog of the week

Guess what? Joanna Rees Photography made Taiwan’s blog of the week! Who-hoo! Thanks to Carrie for pointing it out to me. The mention makes me want to spend more time blogging and making time for creative projects.

Taiwan Parliamentary Fighting ‘Staged’

Taiwan’s knock ‘em down and punch ‘em up political debates are staged say The Globe and Mail and Daily Mail. Nationalist Party (KMT) legislator Joanna Lei explained in The Globe : “It’s really a media event, staged for media coverage….. They have a strategy session, like a war plan.”

According to the Daily Mail:
“Reports [...]

Cover Art of The New Yorker magazine

Today I presented a lecture on the cover art of The New Yorker magazine based on the USA Today article (2005) That Should “Cover” It by Francoise Mouly. As I prepared the power point presentation I became delighted and intrigued by the covers and spent a considerable amount of time unearthing some of The [...]

I heart Kate Moss

We all have guilty secrets and mine is that I am a big fan of Kate Moss. Needless to say I would have killed to have gone to the London opening of her collection from Topshop. Over the years I have found her different looks and the edgy attitude she projects to be [...]

To Carrie and Lisa: dynamic blogs that I enjoy reading daily

This post is just to give props to two if my favorite blogs:  that of my good friends Carrie Marshall and Lisa Bettany.  Carrie is an accomplished world traveler and gifted witter who uses her blog to discuss her experiences and encounters in My Several Worlds.  Lisa is a dynamic actress, photographer, and all around [...]