Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Lisa DiLillo has re-posted an exerpt fromTongues Don't Have Bones

featuring poetry by Kyi May Kaung, on UTube --

http://youtube.com/watch?v=p0lBFVcguKE

The faux puppets are called "sin daw mintha minthamee" -- Big Stage female and male dancers --

it is considered the height of art for people to dance like puppets and puppets like real people.

Lisa made this video piece around 1997-98. I read my own poetry.

It is wonderful how this piece has remained so relevant, also of course, very sad.

he also placed 5th in the country on matriculate, just like me--but he's older--

and he's not a "development economist." His 1st dsstn we heard was rejected due to Louis Wallinsky's book coming out. h...