Railway builders lay a railway track as the construction of Qinghai-Tibet railway reaches Dangxiong grassland in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, April 12, 2005. China’s People Daily Online reports.
Thursday, April 14th, 2005
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Thu 14 Apr 2005
Thu 14 Apr 2005
FRESHMAN TENZIN ZINGSHUK sits in the Namgyal Monastery, a symbol of Tibetan Buddhism in America, located on North Aurora Street. (Pam Arnold/The Ithacan)
Alexander Norelli, Staff Writer for The Ithacan reports:
Freshman Tenzin Zingshuk reached into her bookbag and removed a small square red silk ornament, adorned with traditional Tibetan decorations in gold-colored thread. Inside was an unknown substance — probably sand or small seeds — that had been blessed by a rinpoche, a high-ranking monk.
Her mother gave her this gift as a symbol of protection. And it has accompanied her during her time away from her home in India.
Though she has never been to Tibet, Zingshuk is trying to hold onto the culture and traditions of a land that her parents fled from more than 40 years ago.
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Thu 14 Apr 2005
On BoingBoing, David Pescovitz, writes:
The artwork Untitled (Art History Notes) by John Jordan consists of three pages of notes taken in a University of Kansas class. The piece is being auctioned on eBay right now with a starting bid of $25,000. Who is this John Jordan? Just an inspired college student pulling a Duchampian prank. From a column he wrote for the university’s newspaper:
One can’t easily define art and the dictionary definition leaves much to be desired. But they gave us a definition in modern art history class: Art is what the artist decides it is, and, to a lesser degree, what the art community accepts.
This definition can lead to art that only focuses on art itself — art for art’s sake — and ignores the good things art can do: inspire, cause change, amaze, etc. Nevertheless, it does help define these peculiar pieces as art.
More importantly, this definition lets me, now as an artist, decide what art is. It’s an empowering definition. The numerous classes I have taken, the art I have studied and seen, and the history that I know put me in a position to produce art. So, now I would like to introduce my first work as an artist.
