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	<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2005 02:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>A Class with Odd Nerdrum</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2005 21:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[3 weeks ago, i went to PAFA for a weekend workshop with Odd Nerdrum. i didn't quite know what to expect at first. i hauled a 2 bags full of painting gears to philly and i didn't even paint once. but guess what? it was still worth it.

so what did we do in this 2-day workshop? most of the time, we watched him paint a portrait of a his student, from start to finish. it took him about 9-10 hours (1.5 days. we actually had the option to paint along side with him, but most people didn't want to miss out on watching him paint). there was also a performance of Curatoriat (a play he wrote), a slide lecture and ...]]></description>
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		<title>Light on Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2005 21:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[i went to see Live! Light on Life - A Tribute to B.K.S. Iyengar at the City Center Theater (new york) on friday. the event kicked off with a documentary on B.K.S. Iyengar's life, followed by a really amazing yoga ballet performance by advanced yogis, then a Q &#038; A  with Iyengar and Mira Nair. the climax of the event was at the end of the Q &#038; A, when Mr. Iyengar stepped to the front of the stage, and said, "everybody sit straight!..." and he guided us through a short meditation and...well, you just don't get to chant OM with 3,000 people very often. that's a great way to end the event. i was so moved and inspired ...]]></description>
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		<title>Simple is good</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2005 21:46:06 +0000</pubDate>
		
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	<category>bike stuff</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
(july 2004--florence, italy) 

...

Bush, in shift, asks Americans to drive less ]]></description>
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		<title>Commitment</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description><![CDATA["Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too."

"All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way."

"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, magic, and power in it, begin it now."

       ...]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Time&#8221; in Painting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[for some reason, quite a few of my favorite painters worked from photos (or camera) a lot: Vermeer, Degas, Lautrec, Alex Kanevsky.

figuring out why you like about a particular artwork can tell you a lot about yourself.  so i keep asking myself what is it about these artists' works that draws me in? at first it was obvious. my first answer would be that they all capture a moment in their paintings. but is that all? if that's the only reason, then wouldn't photography* be a more suitable medium? 

rather than just "capturing a moment" in their work, i would say that these artists created time, not just a "moment", but many moments--past, present, future all rolled into one. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Been pretty busy&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2005 18:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[...but I will resume posting regularly in a coupla weeks. 

actually i have been taking a break from comic work this summer. i have been doing a lot of "blind" drawings and quick oil sketches too.  in short, i am actually doing a lot of things i've never done before...just don't have time to scan and post them and really write about them in details, as i hope i will soon. (ever get the feeling that every few weeks you move on to a new phase? i have been feeling like that since the beginning of this year. pretty scary but exciting)

later later ]]></description>
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		<title>My Style&#8230;huh?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
(a crop of my doodle page, chinese brush &#038; ink on utrecht printmaking paper)

i've picked up my brush more often lately (yeah i am studying chinese ink drawing, i will show you some samples soon) so i started doodling/ sketching with it. i drew my feet over and over and then later i realized they all feel kinda different. you might say that the top and middle pair of feet have different styles.  

a lot of people asked me about my style(s). they look at the art in my book or my site, and usually the first thing they say is, "are they all done by you? the styles are so different!"

i actually don't think about styles much. i ...]]></description>
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		<title>Some good stuff I picked up at MoCCA</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2005 09:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[okay i didn't get to walk around much at MoCCA (which feels like months ago. has it only been 2 weeks?) so it is not a best of the fest review. i did manage to pick up some comics (and finally had time to read them!) so i just want to share some of my favorite finds.

Strawberry Ghost #1 by Helen Parson
i don't think helen was actually exhibiting at MoCCA but she came by my table and we ended up trading. a 24-page color-xeroxed (but most art are in b/w) mini-comic, Strawberry Ghost initially attracted my attention with its imaginative and stylized, eerie but lovely drawings (w/ some photos mixed in them). i didn't expect that it would lead to ...]]></description>
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		<title>Thank you, everyone at MOCCA!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2005 00:07:56 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[the MOCCA Art Fest is finally over. i was there showing my hot-off-the-press book for the first time, and it was an awwwwesome experience. (after a whole week of drowning in self-doubt and anxiety, the day before the show, i finally came to terms with myself. I decided that i would just go in without any expectation, and just have fun meeting people etc....and what great fun it was!)

first of all, thank you thank you thank you
...to all of you who stopped by and looked at my book
...to the wonderful MOCCA people and esp. the volunteers
...to all the artists who participated and those who stopped by and shared your work with me.

and a big thank you to all of you ...]]></description>
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		<title>Make youself pretty</title>
		<link>http://fishingjunk.com/?p=45</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2005 06:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[

(sketched in may 2004.)  ]]></description>
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