Starting today in New York City, please show up and support YaliniDream as she joins Adeeba Rana and Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai on stage for six sure to be heart moving performances.
In the eleven years since that fateful morning, the world has changed, and so has Tsai. This week, the spoken word artist and New York City resident debuts her new theater ensemble “Say You Heard My Echo.” The new work explores the impact of 9/11 and its aftermath on three Asian American women: an activist, a veteran who’s returned home, and a woman whose family has been affected by interrogation. Each woman is in conversation with a spiritual figure: Mary Magdalene, Jesus’s female disciple; Guan Yin (associated with compassion as venerated by East Asian buddhists); and Aisha (one of the Prophet Muhammad’s wives).
“Sometimes people talk about 9/11 as a very different moment in time, that it’s just something that happened and now we’re in a different place,” Tsai told Colorlines.com. “But I think that people’s lives went in a different direction. People started to reorganize their relationships, their priorities and their values, the ways in which they moved across the city.”
The context for the work is decidedly political. The past decade has seen an unprecedented expansion of U.S. military action, domestically and abroad. Thousands have been killed in recognized wars, while the Obama Administration’s continued use of unmaned drones to kill suspected enemies around the world has come under increased scrutiny. New York City has also become the testing ground for aggressive and controversial surveillance of its residents, particularly in Muslim communities. The NYPD has set up vast spying networks of Muslim Student Associations along the East Coast, and set up a special division to keep an eye on Muslim community spaces. Seth Freed Wessler reported for Colorlines.com that none of those efforts ever gleaned a single lead or terrorism-related investigation.
For Tsai, those politics fed into what ultimately became a collective project. She approached the idea of the play on last year’s anniversary. Nico Daswani, program manager at the Asian American Arts Alliance, gave Tsai a writing prompt that asked her to explore the impact of 9/11 on Asian American communities. What followed was months of writing and re-writing, journaling and pushing past moments of writer’s block. And the work was guided, editing, and shaped by a community of artists, including director Jesse Y. Jou, Flushing Townhall Workshop Production, and the Asian Women’s Giving Circle. Not to mention the more than 150 people who raised over than $8,000 on Kickstarter to help fund the project.
hey everyone! I’m going to be closing my shop from april 11th to april 18th in solidarity with other etsy sellers to protest etsy’s latest seller fee price hike and certain new policies you can read about below! you know I’m always complaining about their fees and how I prefer to be paid outside of etsy whenever possible. I hope you’ll join me and not cross the picket line from april 11th to april 18th! you know where to find me if there’s anything I have listed that you want to buy or you have an idea for a commission!
a while ago, one of my mutuals was considering quitting writing. her fics weren’t doing as well, and the algorithm wasn’t favoring her writing like it used to.
so as a collective 10-15 writers, we all reblogged her fic once each. that alone put her writing at the top of the tag.
it makes a difference. way more than you think. it doesn’t matter if people see it because of you, it still gets promoted by the algorithm.
Heyo! I finally set up a ko-fi! If you’d like to buy me a coffee (or a treat for my spoiled, spoiled chickens) to help support what I do, you can find me at ko-fi.com/makennamadethis (or follow my tip jar button on my home page)
You’ll also find all my commission info over there :D
One of my best friends and I did a collab parody based off the NMH series logo. I created the design “No more racists” and they are now for sale as shirts, but the big news is SUDA_51 RETWEETED AND LOVED IT!
I’m going to be launching my store for the first time this Friday (16/07) at 10am NZST! I’ll be selling prints and stickers, in limited numbers so get in quick!
This has been months in the making, and i’m really nervous so i’d love your support!!
for the first reason, nothing will happen to you, a foreigner, for supporting filipinos. theres nothing to be afraid of, youre not in this country and wont suffer any consequences. many of us, however? we’re afraid. especially artists and creators who rely on commissions to support themselves and their families
for the second reason, you are not hurting our oppressors at all. you are hurting filipinos, majority of which did not want this to happen and are actively speaking out against the looming dictatorship. dropping filipino creators does nothing but hurt us. our inflation rates are predicted to rise, and money is fast becoming an even bigger issue for so so many
Hey everyone, I hope you’re all well! I just wanted to let you know that fans of my work support me over on Patreonwhere every month I release narrated videos, process notes, step-by-steps, early access to art and sketches, layered PSDs, brushes and I do Livestreams with my super talented art buddies where we talk business, art and generally hang out in Patreon-exclusive streams with you guys!
I’d love for you to come and join my little community and it’s the best way to support your favourite work during this time :)
A fantasy-themed world full of valiant and villainous vegetables, you say? Come on down and check out our first issue of The Veggielore Scrolls mini zine.
FOR SALE IN MY KO-FI SHOP! Add any (or all) of these magical dragons to your ATC collection! Go to ko-fi.com/wrathofbom/shop Link in bio! . . . . #art #artist #dragons #fantasy #kofi #artforsale #anime #manga #artistsupport #artistsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CcJM0_1v8kG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
