Paper Talk

Pretty Hard

Images precede words When I came across the page of a book on brutalist architecture, the pair of concrete corncobs immediately struck a cord, I have seen it somewhere, in...

Drawings by Chloe

My heart sings and drops as I located this drawings. I must admit I’ve forgotten them, but awfully glad to rediscover them in the greyish green document box amid other...

Fragrance Chase

ClothedUnclothedNot all naked womenare night ladiesindulged in self-admirationfeigning porn starletsBody exposedBody encasedBody paradedBody judgedDress the ladywith emperor's new clothesundress her bodywith flowery languageAugust 21, 2019   An AfterthoughtYears ago, we...

King Kong in Hong Kong

  Call it the Monkey King, King Kong, or The Mighty Peking Man. He's creating a chaotic scene in Central Hong Kong, right in front of the City Hall building....

My Image of Hong Kong

Mirror Mirror East meets West. Her name Carol Gordon, Flash Gordon. Got married the year before, I met Jenny Lewis, wore her violet fly butterflies fly cheongsam in my wedding....

Purikura

  Holly and Iris having fun in a purikura photo booth in Tokyo (2005). Since hitting the market in 1995, purikura machines are still popular today among high school girls,...

Faces

I met some familiar faces, I mean on paper, when I was in a museum in Reykjavik last April. I enjoyed looking at the work of the Icelandic painter Jóhannes...

Appropriation

During the end of 70's to the 80's and 90's, there were abundant good portrait and self-portrait work. Photo artists such as Cindy Sherman, Gilbert & George, Robert Mapplethorpe, Andy...

Tree's Poem

Soil gives birth to seedlingsSeedlings become big treesBig trees bear fruitsAll fruits enwrap seedsFalling on the earthA new life againSi-ling nine years old Poem, drawing, collage by Iris Lee (Si-ling)8.25x11.75...

He came in

I don't remember on what occasion. He came in, seemed nervous. He sat down, I don't recall a conversation. He sat down, and began to draw. He looked at me,...