I have been following Seema Rao’s artlust and work on social media (artlust.substack.com, on TikTok (tiktok.com/@artlust) and on Facebook; I have not followed her offerings on that platform. The last time I checked she was a type of Cultural All-American (a stereotype made less white now by the likes of Vivek Ramaswamy, Kash Patel and Usha…
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I have not been posting much on this website. I am, currently, sharing bits and pieces with people in Malaysia (where I most recently spent time as a Visiting Professor) as part of a geolocation tagging process. I am working on a text on Malaysia; the posts of the past two years or so are…
Caption Better Captures Moment in a Picture
I never completely bought into the belief that “a picture tells a thousand words”. There are way too many times when a well-crafted caption better captures the moment in a picture. The following picture was made in haste, with an iPhone, at a time when I was still getting used to the camera more than…
Ruminations – With Pictures
I was reminded recently, in a round-about way, after a brief meeting with an artist in Cape Town, of my visit to the 2019 Istanbul Biennial. The works on display across Istanbul were inventive and exceptional, but the visit to this great city turned out to be a terribly disappointing expedition. Istanbul never disappoints –…
Paved Paradise
Back at the muddy confluence of the Klang and Gombak
The picture, above, is of a view (and angle) of the city of Kuala Lumpur I had not seen before…. The skyline represents the growth of the city over the past 34 years since my first visit. There was a time, in the late 1990s, when the KL tower and the Petronas Twin Towers were…
Wall Art in Kuala Terengganu
The Palestine Art Corner: Outdoor Gallery of Wall Art in Kota Bharu
The outdoor Palestine Art Gallery brings the suffering of Palestinians to the public in an alley in, Jalan Dato’ Pati, in Kota Bharu, in Malaysia.
Escofi Kopitiam – Kuala Terengganu
Shoutout to my favourite coffee shop in Kuala Terengganu. Escofi Kopitiam, in China Town. Follow them on Instagram. The people are friendly, and after a while they knew what I was there for.