Shoji Arts Blog

Misgivings about thanksgiving

November 19, 2022
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Let gratitude equal respect.

After a lifetime of misgivings about thanksgiving, it has taken me some years to crystallize what I believe today.

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Land and Culture

January 18, 2021
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Our Body, the earth, is a sacred land. The biggest lesson that dawned on me in 2020 is the importance of connecting intimately with the land and culture of where one’s “from” (one’s “roots”), as well as connecting intimately with the land and culture of where one “is” (one’s inhabitance).

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Flowers for the Ancestors

October 2, 2020
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??❤️ This bouquet influenced my latest adoption of an anthirium houseplant for my home. My uncle, Tito Ding, brought these flowers to a family grave on Valentine’s Day while visiting our ancestors at Loyola Memorial Park and Manila Memorial Park in ?Metro Manila, Philippines. ??? Here is an homage to these ancestors. You’ll also see…

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