Ina a ‘ohe nalu, a laila aku i kai, penei e hea ai / Ku mai! Ku mai! Ka nalu nui mai Kahiki mai! (If there is no surf, invoke sea work in the following manner arise, arise you great surfs from Kahiki) ~Ancient Hawaiian Surf Prayer Few indeed are the recreational activities with which our ado[...]
Archive for the ‘China’ Category
Blood and Condiment
It was cold, even for November in Beijing. No sun shining through the gunmetal gray skies, it would be another three weeks until the central planning committee would turn the great knob that would bring heat into homes throughout the city. And I had gout again.[...]
Isle Formosa – An Inaccurate Historical Account
The Island of Formosa, or Taiwan, is by geographical standards a veritable newborn. While geologists theorize that Taiwan was created by a massive underwater volcanic eruption a mere few million years ago, Local legends maintain that Taiwan simply materialized one day in the mid 1400’s beneath the[...]
Legs and Labia: The Sculpture of Luo Xu
His work has been described as erotic, powerful, surreal and even profane. He is enamored – some might say obsessed – with the female form. But Kunming-based sculptor Luo Xu has no regrets. This self-professed “free imperialist” and “leader and overlord of myself,”[...]
Golfing Through the Dynasties
Many international publications, from Golf Digest to the New York Times, have jumped on the chuiwan bandwagon, trumpeting the claim of a Lanzhou-based academic that China, not Scotland, invented the great game. Now, even more intriguing “evidence” has been uncovered that’s sure to have splutte[...]
