New toy, works, but it is selective with the kinds of materials that can be used on the machine. Threading the machine takes a long time, it also sews slowly. To return or not to, it was used, $15...
Day 105: one hundred days in and I think my personal preferences to certain kinds of materials and patterns in dress is starting to show. It might take more time being in dress before I feel comfortable drastically altering it's design. My mom still thinks I'm weird, but that's okay love you long time. #hipsterfob #thefobthatcamebeforefob
I'm 5 pages in and so far it's really good. Highly recommend if you're thinking about how diasporas, commodities, nation, capitalism and tangible objects link, pick up the book. It was recently published and recommended to me by my professor.
This book was written 8 years ago. It seems that Lee has no hope for future generation Hmong and consistently return to the idea of dying arts and practices. The essentializing of a pure culture is consistent throughout the writing. Another way to look at the writing is that it also reveals historical shifts and changes in how people interact in cultural and gendered practices. I don't agree that textile arts are dead, even if they've become automated by machines. They certainly change and how people make sense of traditions is how new meanings are gained. Hmong people have the capability to learn and imagine a future with traditional practices, it seems that Lee undermines this consistently. What is forgotten and is it worth grieving? #hmongexperiences
Chapter 5, Art, Written by Gary Yia Lee
gentle reminders
The pens are meh. The pigma FB gets darker with layering the marks and has a semi gloss similar to India Ink. The single strokes are a bit streaky but creates textures.
Day 97: Crossings
Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times by Jasbir K Puar, 2017
Day 89: 13 hours