absolutely true. bruce lee was an un-official mascot for black nationalists and chicano nationalism in the 1970s. a person of colour kicking ass onscreen-well it is still rare. i will look through my old film textbook, there was a GREAT essay about it- in relation to chinese cinema and globalisation. i will get you…

absolutely true. bruce lee was an un-official mascot for black nationalists and chicano nationalism in the 1970s. a person of colour kicking ass onscreen-well it is still rare. i will look through my old film textbook, there was a GREAT essay about it- in relation to chinese cinema and globalisation. i will get you…

i find this to be quite a distinctive feature of h-wood films. i mean look at the 6th gen chinese films like 'platform' and 'suzhou river' where the characters narrate the film with their own hopes/desires/feelings the entire film, and it's always a dynamic process. the visual elements of industrial china only serve…

i find this to be quite a distinctive feature of h-wood films. i mean look at the 6th gen chinese films like 'platform' and 'suzhou river' where the characters narrate the film with their own hopes/desires/feelings the entire film, and it's always a dynamic process. the visual elements of industrial china only serve…

perhaps from my east asian studies background, and growing up 'third culture', i have developed quite an opinion about these things. i DO think there is a (rather large) tendency of the west/westerner to romanticise 'eastern' thought; however i also believe the epistemological construct of 'East Asia' or 'Asia' proper…

perhaps from my east asian studies background, and growing up 'third culture', i have developed quite an opinion about these things. i DO think there is a (rather large) tendency of the west/westerner to romanticise 'eastern' thought; however i also believe the epistemological construct of 'East Asia' or 'Asia' proper…

not quite, it's that in china (and the same can be said for the dharmic/daoic/indigenous traditions of korea, vietnam, japan, burma, thailand) that membership in one doesn't require monogamy. that's what happens when you have 5000 years of written language and civilisation- that there are no steadfast rules to faith.

not quite, it's that in china (and the same can be said for the dharmic/daoic/indigenous traditions of korea, vietnam, japan, burma, thailand) that membership in one doesn't require monogamy. that's what happens when you have 5000 years of written language and civilisation- that there are no steadfast rules to faith.

"I'm a "pick and choose" spiritualist. "

"I'm a "pick and choose" spiritualist. "

well if that is your view, it's neither in line with the origins of daoism as tibetan plateau shamanism nor the current cultural practice of any daoist. when i hear of non-chinese saying oh i'm daoist, and then rejecting almost everything about an indigenous religion aside from a eurocentric redaction of what is…

well if that is your view, it's neither in line with the origins of daoism as tibetan plateau shamanism nor the current cultural practice of any daoist. when i hear of non-chinese saying oh i'm daoist, and then rejecting almost everything about an indigenous religion aside from a eurocentric redaction of what is…

"Christianity's history as a powerful civilizing force and a conduit for man to subvert his animal nature."

"Christianity's history as a powerful civilizing force and a conduit for man to subvert his animal nature."

daoism is pantheist, and in every case of its cultural practice borderline theist, with a variety of Xian, Shen and immortals. not to mention an inherent belief in ghosts and the supernatural.

daoism is pantheist, and in every case of its cultural practice borderline theist, with a variety of Xian, Shen and immortals. not to mention an inherent belief in ghosts and the supernatural.