I decided to cut short my visit to Ubud because the traffic, the level of air pollution does not make Ubud a reprieve but something to one is subjected to and needs to overcome. So, I came to the beach for 2 days and I am so glad I did. The first late afternoon I …
Later that day I was thinking about this woman on my way back to the guest house. I thought, what if she made up this whole story about after cleaning she works in the sawah. What if this is the story she tells all White people. She has learned that she can get a tip …
I brought my easel and paints to the kecak dance performance last night. Kecak is a dance-theatre performed in front of a temple. Kecak is known as a monkey chant. there is a battle (of course) from the Ramayana in which hanuman and prince Rama and Sita I think all come out. I actually don’t …
This morning after I finished yoga a cleaning lady began sweeping the floor. I can speak enough Bahasa Indonesian to have a small conversation. I greeted her and told her she is beautiful, and her sarong she is wearing is beautiful. She replied stating that she is not beautiful and that I am beautiful because …
I’m in Bali. Smoke from Indonesia burning their forests blew over Singapore and stayed there for 2 weeks and counting. The 3rd week it has begun to rain but no sooner the rain stops the wafts of white smoke move in across our view. My skin doesn’t like it. The first day it moved in …
The student in my painting class are doing their 3rd portrait. These are all beginning painting students. They have taken a year of drawing, except for one engineering student who has never had a mark on paper. She has spent her live using the mouse and touch pad only! I think they are doing …
Michael Jackson is dying behind us, with director, film maker Sebastian Grobler at Mucciaccia Gallery, Singapore at David Lachapelle’s exhibition, Wednesday night 25 Sept. Sebastian, director and film maker is leaving as part of my faculty. He will begin a teaching position in Germany where he is from. I will miss him so much. He …
