Category: Art Expressions

Van Chhovorn – The Enduring Man Etching his Life into Art

Van Chhovorn – The Enduring Man Etching his Life into Art

Posted by | Feb 21, 2020

There are times one is drawn to an artist for reasons that seem difficult to articulate but rumble inside you like an ancient memory resurfacing. Such it is with my relationship with Van Chhovorn and his sculptures and paintings. Holding a wood carving of his in my hands emits feelings far beyond their sight, touch or smell. The wood quietly whispers to me of a life, a family, and a culture that I may witness but never quite know. To many, this will sound hackneyed but to me, it is the gift that art sometimes offers.

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Words Sprouting Lives – Poetry from Writing Through

Words Sprouting Lives – Poetry from Writing Through

Posted by | Jan 31, 2020

Poetry builds fresh connections between the old and the new, and between the familiar and the unconventional. It is a sublime voice of the personality of the human being who makes the poem, and of those who read it with appreciation. Like all art, it is a form of experience. Seldom are these experiences generated in schools or homes across the world’s landscapes. In Cambodia, these experiences rarely exist.

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Medha – The Women Who Broke the Taboo

Medha – The Women Who Broke the Taboo

Posted by | Jan 27, 2020

Meet the bold women drummers in Cambodia. It was taboo for a woman to touch a drum in Cambodia. Medha turned history into herstory.

Music is a life force behind the human experience. It emerges out of culture and in turn, it can shape and influence culture. Its power can be used towards emancipation – or as a destructive tool for domination. Power is omnipresent.

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