1/11 Art: Ai Wei Wei’s installation ‘he xie’

Ai Wei Wei’s ground-bound installation ‘he xie’ collects the forms of hundreds porcelain crabs situated in a heap in the main exhibition space. The work is saturated in social symbolism; ‘he xie’ translates to ‘river crab’ but sounds very similar to the mandarin word meaning ‘harmonization’, the state’s euphemism suggesting censorship. The political double meaning […]

Smiling Is a Form of Salvation

Richard Rohr:  In the second half of life, you have begun to live and experience the joy of your inner purpose. The outer purpose and goals matter less and less and have less power over you. You are much more self-possessed and grounded. At one and the same time, you know what you do know […]

My alma mater was books at a good library…I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

~ Malcolm X

Silk Farm in Siem Reap, Cambodia