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‘The Coming of Good Winds’: Their paintings and the guiding principles of Ronald Cortez, Danny Doce and Master Jessie Mariñas
We used to be able to manage with the belief that the physical art object was the end product of art, and the process of art was everything that went into achieving it. In this view, the artist, the visionary capacity, reaches into a realm less accessible to normal...
Abraham Ferrer: Using art to influence culture and building communities
Whichever way they choose, an observer must apply some skills of their own to the experience, just as the artist must apply their skills and experience to creating the work in the first place. In this sense audience techniques are parallel to the artist’s techniques,...
A young Fil-Am sexual assault survivor’s journey
[Writer’s note: This was published in May 2018 in the Asian Journal’s Los Angeles weekend edition, but the recently concluded, controversial associate justice confirmation hearings on Brett Kavanaugh makes this essay reprint appropriate.] Dear Mama, I remembered that...
Rick Rocamora’s moral courage and visual voice of witnessing human wrongs to human rights
Every life is a wonderful story worthy of being told. Every life is a work of art, and if it does not seem so, perhaps it is only necessary to illuminate the reason that contains it. The secret is never to lose faith, to have confidence in God’s plan for us, revealed...
High standard for judicial nominees: Impartiality, an instrument of our common unity and fidelity to the Constitution
Every judge needs to have both the intellectual capacity to deal with the incredible variety and complexity of the issues and an instinctive understanding of the human implications of the decisions being made. And I just talked to her [Ruth Bader Ginsburg] about her...
Truth over power: Public figures and church officials occupy positions of public trust
TRUST is a tower built stone by stone. Lies remove stones from the base and can topple the highest tower. When trust is important there are no little lies. Michael Josephson Michael Josephson is a former law professor and attorney who founded the non-profit Joseph...
Truth Over Power: Public Figures And Church Officials Occupy Positions Of Public Trust
TRUST is a tower built stone by stone. Lies remove stones from the base and can topple the highest tower. When trust is important there are no little lies. – Michael Josephson Michael Josephson is a former law professor and attorney who founded the non-profit Joseph...
Tracy Lachica Buenavista’s charisma and commitment towards revolutionary mentoring and servant leadership
All good teachers understand that the essence of teaching centers on human interactions, especially between teachers and students, but most college professors struggle with how to do this. Here’s one thing that Tracy [Buenavista] does each semester that amazes us. In...
Glenn Omatsu House in CSUN: Mentorship and Generosity Embodied for the Future
This being human is a guest house/Every morning a new arrival/A joy, a depression, a meanness,/ some momentary awareness comes/ as an unexpected visitor./Welcome and entertain them all!/Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,/who violently sweep your house/Empty of its...