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.
Read MoreSightings in Taipei—Late December 2018
As my Fulbright time winds down, I have more sightings to share, in and outside Taipei, of human-bird connections past and present. One day the subway greeted me with photos of elegant birds of Taiwan.
Read More
Studies from Hotta Masaatsu’s Album of Forest Birds, 18th-19th c., National Tokyo Museum
Side Visit to Japan — Late October 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.
Read MoreRiding on a Bird — Late September 2018
I made an immediate start on my Fulbright bird-figure research in Taiwan, discovering in my first weeks many examples of human-bird connections in traditional art and popular culture in Taipei.
Read MoreWelcome to Taipei and TNUA — September 2018
I’ve arrived in Taiwan for my five-month Fulbright adventure, and I’m staying just outside the city at Taipei University of the Arts, in a guest room on a very beautiful campus.
Read More