Paul Lindberg

June 8 Fog and a Tour of Hong Kong
06-09-06 | 04:44

We started off our day meeting, Stephanie Chin. She is a poet, write, and simultaneous translator.

From the Causeway Bay section, Stephanie took us on the trolley system towards the central area. From the central area, we took a bus up to "the peak". There were some good vistas on the way up the hill but soon we entered the fog, or was it a cloud?

On "the peak", there was a thick fog. Stephanie wanted to do the interview from this scenic area but the northern view was the same as the southern view. It was all fog.

In the fog, there was some beautiful metaphor for life. We were on the peak of Hong Kong and should have seen the beauty all around us. But on this foggy day, we couldn't see a thing. Yet we were not angry or upset. Everyday people are at the peaks of their own lives. They can see the beauty of the world but sometimes can't see past the fog in our own mind. The fog made us reflect back upon ourselves and this is where the true beauty is.

Descending back in the cable car, we glimpsed the scenic beauty which the peak was hiding that day.

Near the cable car station, there was a a park where we held the interview with Stephanie. Despite the mosquitos eating Jeff and Stephanie, the filming went well with the Hong Kong high rises in the background.

Stephanie had planned to give us a tour of Hong Kong but we had another interview with Woody Lee, an artist.

So Stephanie accompanied us to the interview, it was in the Cattle Depot district in Hong Kong. It was very reminiscent of the Meat Pack district in New York. In this awkwardly located area (no subway access), there is n artist's village. Our interviewee was Woody Lee. He was an inquisitive artist who wanted to understand the true puirpose of awake. Watch his interview to see how he fared in the interview.

Before our interview, we met Gum, Clara, and Pauline.
They are other artists in this artist village. We also saw some exhibitions. Check out pictures for that. The most interesting exhibiton was an African American artist who was having his haircut by a kimono clad Japanese woman. It reminded me of my DP in Japan, Chidi, who had the same experience but with a Japanese Buddhist monk. Check my blogs from May for that one.

After our interview with Woody, we returned back to the Causeway Bay area. It was a great day of seeing the fog, the beauty, and meeting some great people.

That is the news here. I will post the pictures later.