IN THIS FILE: "Fresh Air" (NPR program); The Winged Seed: A Remembrance (book)/Simon and Schuster; the Lee family history/Jakarta, Indonesia/Yuan Shikai (maternal great-grandfather)/Lee Kuo Yuan (father)/Mao Tse-tung/Gamaliel University/Dr. Lee as political prisoner; why art resonates; composite identity vs. prime identity; gina Breedlove; art as ancient therapeutic system?; duality of language and silence/duality of form and emptiness (space as the real medium of architecture); artists choosing to stand in the flame (refining fire); in consideration of violence, war; Li-Young Lee recounts family story as well as story of returning to Jakarta after 40 years; the intersection of violence and eros; "The Undressing" (poem); Sophia (Gnostic wisdom aspect of God:
bit.ly/29cfzTx); broad allowances in the erotic moment between The Lover and The Beloved; sexual congress as grand metaphor and the intention setting for safe space; Ram Dass; orgasm; neurotic cultural relationship with safety/confused cultural relationship with sex; interest as everything/between-ness; expressions of libido; fear of our god-ness; "casual sex"; art as a reminder of our true identity; the survival of the species/knowing the mind of God; art asking the big questions; the search for home, belongingness; feeling like an outsider; identification of four selves; solitude; why creativity matters/magnetized fields/Universal principles guiding art/representational deficits; art as connection; the nature of work/Thomas Friedman/The World is Flat (book)/investment in creativity of nations; the nature of salvation; memento mori/indestructible energy; the conceit/deceit of photography; great message to come through technology?
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Executive Producers: Mar Hobbs, Patsy Moore
Producer, Host: Patsy Moore
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Selected Bibliography
Poetry
Behind My Eyes (W. W. Nortion & Co., 2008)
Book of My Nights (BOA Editions, 2001)
The City in Which I Love You (BOA Editions, 1990)
Rose (BOA Editions, 1989)
Nonfiction
The Winged Seed: A Remembrance (Simon & Schuster, 1995)
released June 27, 2016
"The Simulation Hypothesis", by Revolution Void, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. (bit.ly/1jmalQx)
"Sunset", by Kai Engel, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. (
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"July", by Kai Engel, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. (
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"When You Leave", by Sergey Cheremisinov, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. (
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"The Encouragement Stick", by Doctor Turtle, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. (
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"Impact Prelude", by Kevin MacLeod, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 International License. (
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"What True Self? Feels Bogus, Let's Watch Jason X", by Chris Zabriskie, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. (
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