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Tue, 14 Apr 2015 | By kayla-cassie | Photo Gallery
Beijing and Shanghai
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Tue, 14 Apr 2015 | By moresbbb | Views [1133]
At first I was a little uncomfortable, a little confused. The old man stood in front of me, looked me up and down and drew heavily on his cigarette. Initially I tried to avoid eye contact; ‘perhaps he’ll go away soon’, I thought. Some ... Read more >
Tags: china, dancing, finding yourself, pyjamas, singing, westerner
Mon, 13 Apr 2015 | By chinaho | Views [365]
What an enormous change a warm day can make. Sunday is a family day, and our little campus doubles as a public park. Families with young children, and couples with older parents, walk about, set up little tents, have picnics, stoop by the edges of the ... Read more >
Tags: caa campus, century market, cultural character, eating, helpfulness, local streets
Mon, 13 Apr 2015 | By chinaho | Photo Gallery
Staying Local on Campus and in the Market
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Tags: caa campus, century market, local hangzhou
Sun, 12 Apr 2015 | By chinaho | Views [330] | Comments [1]
Plans change as often as they are made here. In fact, plans are like sticks thrown in the water and wherever they go is the plan. For nearly a week we had a “date” and “time” for a meeting at the Dragon Hotel gallery to ... Read more >
Tags: black tea, cultural questions, green tea, longjian tea, longjian tea fields, studio visit, tea tasting
Sun, 12 Apr 2015 | By chinaho | Photo Gallery
tea at CAA, tea at art studios, tea in fields
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Tags: art studio, tea ceremony, tea fields
Sat, 11 Apr 2015 | By chinaho | Views [376]
It is unfathomable that we were on our way here last Friday, and yet, here it is the end of the first week of teaching. Our sleep schedule is still unusual – falling asleep early, waking in the early morning for a while and then returning to sleep ... Read more >
Tags: housekeeping, rectilinear assignment, tea merchants, walking campus
Fri, 10 Apr 2015 | By moresbbb | Views [1367]
Turning off the main street, just past the train line, an alley cuts in between a series of squat aging apartment blocks. Steel frames dress the windows above. Potted plants rest on window sills. A small shop stocked with drinks and cigarettes stands ... Read more >
Tags: china, dai minority, food, kunming, yunnan
Fri, 10 Apr 2015 | By chinaho | Views [433]
Housekeeping and setting up the studio space defined the morning today. We smell sewage in the bathroom and it appears to us that the seal on the toilet is leaking… that wax ring on which the toilet sits should seal off all odor and moisture. ... Read more >
Tags: buying wool, communication, rectilinear assignment, tea, teaching, young artists in china
Thu, 9 Apr 2015 | By chinaho | Views [501]
Early morning is a sweet time for organizing thoughts and watching the gray light change texture. Still cloudy but not raining. We had petite dejeuner around 6 AM of sliced mango, Asian pear and peanut butter with strawberry jam on rolls. Sneaky ... Read more >
Tags: daily life, laundry, rectilinear assignment, relational volumes, rowena reed costello, workers
Thu, 9 Apr 2015 | By chinaho | Photo Gallery
Wandering, workers, our room, and Second Class
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Wed, 8 Apr 2015 | By chinaho | Photo Gallery
Class Begins Dot Assignment - Defining Space
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Wed, 8 Apr 2015 | By chinaho | Views [388]
Still waking up at 2AM. Still raining. Still noodles for breakfast with pickled vegetable, sautéed greens and fruit, with packaged cakes. Walking in the rain, and hiding under cover of the Hotel buliding to give the staff time to clean our room.... Read more >
Tags: adjusting, dot assignment, teaching
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