Ok the Jolly Koh essay is up. You might totally agree with it, or you might think it is riddled with holes and is the work of a myopic purist. Who knows. Read and weep. Aesthetically beautiful pics will be uploaded later.

Please answer my cry for help.

Sorry the resartist link I posted last time didn't work. Misinformation! will be the death of us. Last but not least, here is a plug for our friend Roopesh Sitharan who's a Malaysian multimedia artist: "Upload-Download (UD) is an experimental online project presenting a collaboration between peoples around the globe. Central to the project is the theme of global communication and cross-cultural encounters. Essentially, the project explores the impact of globalisation, free market capitalism, consumerism, and information /communication technology on the young artist , especially in regards to the notion of self, identity, nationality, spirituality and cross-cultural experiences. The participants will engage in a series of collaborative online art activities related to the above-mentioned issues. URL: http://www.uploaddownload.org

I'll be juggling work and studies with no free weekends, so my journal updates might get sparsss--can they get any sparser??--but feel free to bug me with an e-mail. cloudsofcoffee at yahoo dot com.

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