Tales of an era are often expressed in various art forms. I believe these are cultural assets of our times, and I started collecting artworks from artists I personally know. Knowing the artist as a person humanises the art piece and gives so much more depth to the meaning ofContinue Reading
The LIMINAL & Pantera Press Nonfiction Prize 2021 Essay submission by: Jasmine Hong Chun Low Personal Statement: I’m not yellow! I’m peach, my nephew exclaimed, when I tried raceplaining yellow peril. Malaysian-born, I’m fourth generation Chinese and think in the English language although that may not show at first glance.Continue Reading
This May, we celebrate the 16th year of Go International Group, a creative agency established in 2005 by two ordinary women (we were young girls then) who wanted to make a positive change in the world. Read about our entrepreneurial journey here (11-minute read). This is us now! Inspired byContinue Reading
Also published in Medium. BlueLotus invited me to the preview of a play – Yellow Face, she says. Neither of us read up on it, we were both busy but yearned for an evening out and with zero expectations, we met at 5:00pm on a crisp April evening for aContinue Reading
There are some upsides to living in a newnormal world. The world becomes smaller and in our home silos, we find access to global events such as this recent one in New York City from my mother’s sitting room in Sydney. America’s story cannot be told until all Americans canContinue Reading
Day 2 of International Media Academy of Berlin – Media Training Workshop: Accompany Political Change, Strengthen the Regions. Speaker Profile: Jonathan Fasel is a profound media expert and entrepreneur from Dresden. He has been an active and knowledgeable media professional. Jonathan discusses why it’s important as a professional journalist to not forget the basicsContinue Reading
A tribute to Vincent Willem Van Gogh, one of the most celebrated artists of this century, thanks to his sister-in-law Jo Van Gogh who had worked tirelessly to promote his art after the death of Theo, Vincent’s younger brother a year after her son was born. Vincent died six monthsContinue Reading
Thanks for doing this, Al Jazeera. When the ‘THEY’ becomes ‘US’, people in Asia will start to stand up and speak out. For decades, ask any, many Asian immigrants to first world countries, our relatives, our friends, our parents if they have quietly accepted abuse, threats at work or lesserContinue Reading
Originally published in MEDIUM. In the next 12 minutes, we’ll head off the beaten track and traverse from Georgetown to Tasmania, hop across to LA for a minute then boomerang back to Sydney to witness how multiculturalism is a winning card for a country to achieve greatness. That, is myContinue Reading
Life is a series of ironic twists and turns. It’s how we react and deal with situations as they come. Unexpected and like a thief in the night, the coronavirus crept into our virtual chimneys, threatened to infect and maim us with a flu so sticky it would drown ourContinue Reading
