Through luminous works, influenced by Bay Area figurative painting, calligraphy, the Beats, Buddhism and her identity as lesbian and Chinese American, the artist had an outsized impact, now finally recognized
Posted on December 17th, 2020
Senaka Weeraratna
This is one of the most
favourite quotations of the celebrated 19th century Russian novelist Leo
Tolstoy.
It means that for as long as humans continue to be the ruthless
destroyer of non – humans, the former will never know peace or harmony.
For as long as humans massacre animals, they will also kill each other as we
have seen right throughout human history. Indeed, one who sows the seeds of murder
and pain on another living being cannot be expected to reap joy and love in
their own private lives.
There is no real