“Attending” by Ronald Epstein, Mindfulness, & Prayer
I first heard of mindfulness during my residency training. As an Asian-American, doctor, and as a Christian, I was triply skeptic of …
Examining Princess Mononoke: Death, Medicine, and the Direct Address
What makes a person not waver in front of death? One of the best parts about movies, literature, and art in general …
Antoon Postma’s Treasure of a Minority
Antoon Postma, a Dutch anthropologist, did significant research about the poetry and culture of the Hanunoo people, a Mangyan sub-tribe in the …
Ambahan about sickness and death
Ambahan about sickness and death In ancient, pre-Spanish Philippines, reading and writing were ubiquitious rather than for the elite or religious class. …
Logographing Magtipan at Kaanyuan
Ambahan about old age As I research more about Baybayin script (ancient Filipino script) I come across more and more Filipino poetry. …
Ambahan Poetry & Baybayin Calligraphy
Ambahan Poetry During my research of Baybayin (ancient Filipino script) I ran into an ancient Filipino poetic form called the ambahan. While …
Baybayin Calligraphy
Two Ancient Filipino Poems Buwáng panginoón kó, payamánin mó akó. “My Moon Lord, make me rich.”
Sculptor, Sculpture, and Sacrifice (Ray Charles, T. S. Eliot, and art)
On one of my days off, I was able to bike a Divvy to see the Charles Ray’s sculpture exhibit at the …