Recent Posts: The Sun Rises in the East
French Anime “Funan” Explores Family Separation Under the Khmer Rouge
I recently went to see Dennis Do’s exquisite anime “Funan”, which is a snapshot of one extended family’s struggle as the world goes crazy around them. It’s a tough subject matter, but the brutal moments are very tastefully done off-screen. The film doesn’t spend a lot of time on the context of the family prior […]
Fifth Lucky Cat Series Promo Poster
Sketch 5 of my series of posters for The Lucky Cat Series depicting master sculptor Akio Yamamoto in his workshop. I decided that I’m doing two more sketches for a total of seven instead of just six, but I will also soon be adding some film reviews to this blog to fill in the void […]
Recent Posts: The Enlightened Rabbit Scholastic Society
Sohyeon After Midnight Book Reading Videos and Character Roll-Call
I had some time this weekend to prepare a few videos for everyone to enjoy. The first video is my character roll-call, which I made for my readers who have been struggling to pronounce my characters’ names in a couple of my novels. Character Roll-Call: Then I prepared a three-part series of me reading selections […]
Sohyeon After Midnight Sketch – First in a Series
I am practicing my sketching by illustrating some characters and maybe scenes out of my bilingual novel, Sohyeon After Midnight, and this is my first installment.
Tag Archives: Bilingual Edition
The Priest Gennō Meets a Fox – The Killing Stone
“Sesshōseki, or The Killing Stone” (殺生石) is a famous Noh drama from Japan. The author is unknown, possibly Hiyoshi Saami. I found a great site that has a parallel text in both English and very readable modern Japanese: http://www.the-noh.com/en/plays/data/program_045.html The … Continue reading
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