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Avians All Around—January 2019

January 26, 2019

As I travel outside Taipei, I am collecting even more bird stories and images. While in Nantou province in Taiwan’s central mountains to give a lecture at Chi-Nan University, I visited a sculpture park dedicated to self-taught stone-carver Yuan Lin.

Indigenous East Coast Art — Late November 2018

November 24, 2018

One of my favorite experiences this fall was a two-day university art trip by bus along the East Coast of Taiwan, which is home to many indigenous communities. The invitation to join this tour, with the TNUA International Masters in Cultural and Creative Industries program, was an opportunity to view sculpture installations by indigenous and international artists amidst a stunning landscape of mountains and sea.

Studies from Hotta Masaatsu’s Album of Forest Birds, 18th-19th c., National Tokyo Museum — Studies from Hotta Masaatsu’s *Album of Forest Birds*, 18th-19th c., National Tokyo Museum

Side Visit to Japan — Late October 2018

October 31, 2018

Midway through my Fulbright stay I was joined by my husband, writer Jonathan Blunk, for a three-week visit. Together we made a side trip to Japan, where we both had contacts to meet and research to pursue.