This is how I feel sometimes…

And then God reminds me of where I am.

Taken from Sivin’s blog, with thanks

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The Secret of Paintings

What is it about paintings that captivate us?
I spent the last three days visiting the Tate Modern, National Gallery and the Tate Britain. At the end of each visit, I thought, my world expanded today. My thinking became multidimensional, as I moved from black and white, text on paper, to colour, form, pattern, [...]

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Eating fruits from the jungle

There is a village nestled away in the hills of Perak where a little girl called Han Alice now lives. During my research with Orang Asli for a Masters thesis, I became good friends with her aunties. We played in the cools waters of the rushing river, watched Bollywood movies, and cooked vegetables over a [...]

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