2012 – Page 2 – Unhealed Wound

“Out of Character: Decoding Chinese Calligraphy”– Ink Dancing On Paper

Written by diana on November 13, 2012. Posted in Art. 6 Comments

The Asian Art Museum in San Francisco is currently featuring an exhibit on Chinese calligraphy . Two rooms house a wide range of calligraphic styles from the private collection of Jerry Yang, founder of Yahoo. Video clips and animation aid the viewer in understanding the background for becoming a master calligrapher. Chinese calligraphy and monochromatic ink paintings are closely related, dating from classical pre-Han through Tang dynasties (pre-3rd century BCE through tenth century CE). Emphasizing motion and emotion through stroke pressure, the five very distinctive calligraphic forms require...

Dunhuang–The Caves of A Thousand Buddhas

Written by diana on November 4, 2012. Posted in Art, Buddhism, International Travel, Unhealed Wound. 2 Comments

Two weeks ago I visited the incomparable Mogao Caves at Dunhuang, a UNESCO World Heritage site, located in Gansu province, northwestern China, at the edge of the Gobi and Taklamakan deserts, directly north of Tibet. These caves remain one of the most well-preserved, splendid sanctuaries of sacred art in the world. Mogao Caves From the 3rd century BCE through the 12th century AD, Dunhuang was a prosperous oasis situated at the entrance to the Silk Road, where ancient caravans of Bactrian camels, donkeys, and horses carried cargo for more than 7,000 kilometers from China and Tibet through the...

A Shanghai High

Written by diana on October 28, 2012. Posted in Art, International Travel, Unhealed Wound. 4 Comments

Shanghai skyline I want to thank Susie Berteaux for being the guest blogger for the last two excellent posts, “Fairy Tale Updated” and ” Go for Broke”, while I was having a wonderful two-week adventure in China. Shanghai, our first gateway city to China — aka “the Paris of Asia”– is renowned for its historical landmarks: the Bund, the Yuyuan classical Ming gardens, the French and British Concessions, as well as the extensive and growing skyline, the “showpiece” of the booming economy of mainland China. Shanghai is bisected...

Fairy Tale Updated

Written by diana on October 22, 2012. Posted in movie reviews. 1 Comment

The retelling of Fairy Tales of my childhood has been an interesting journey for me. If you know the children’s books by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith (The Stinky Cheeseman and other Fairly Stupid Tales, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, and others) you might know where I’m coming from. The real trick in really appreciating the “new” look at fairly tales is that you have to know the original stories. My parents provided me with a large sized Golden Book of Fairy Tales and read these tales to me before I could read and then encouraged me to read them myself when I started to learn to read...

“Go for Broke”

Written by diana on October 18, 2012. Posted in Literary and Art Journals, Unhealed Wound. Leave a Comment

Hi, Let me introduce myself to the followers of “Unhealed Wound.” I am Susie Berteaux, friend of Diana and Doug, who has a blog of my own – “S&J’s Big Adventure(s).” I guess, since I have my own blog, Diana thought that qualified me to be the substitute blogger while she and Doug are traveling the vast, beautiful and fascinating country of China. When she gets back, we will all be waiting for her discoveries of art, culture and …food. I hope you all will find my postings as interesting and educational as Diana’s. For this posting, I will “GO FOR BROKE!” as I attended the 11th Annual...

Azuki–The Sushi, Not the Bean

Written by diana on October 6, 2012. Posted in Local travel, Restaurants. 1 Comment

We’ve eaten at just about every high-end sushi restaurant that exists in any town we are in, looking for the Holy Grail of sushi, and some standouts have really been memorable. In San Diego, I believe that Azuki belongs in the same category as the best we’ve been to: for its freshness, creative presentation, and quality of preparation. Located in Banker’s Hill near Balboa Park, Azuki is both a “sushi-ya” restaurant and watering hole. We arrived at the door (beautiful glass with azuki beans inside the panels) just as the Happy Hour was ending but the friendly...

Year: 2012