haiku | the pines

I wrote a haiku several years ago and then remembered it this year and practiced some design with a public domain photograph to create this digital postcard for web and social media. — Tommy Tung Let’s stay connected on Facebook

elevator pitch

I use trombones as paper clips: my next answer to “So what do you do?”                         Follow me on Twitter and Facebook. Read my stories on art, culture, and mindfulness on Accord Progression and

copilot on autopilot

You tell yourself a story. You tell it well. You tell it with a copilot who is on autopilot. It’s your inner editor conditioned by experience, family, and peers. You receive reality from this editor. Sometimes, you walk down the

to live and die in L.A.

In Tibet, there are no words for low self-esteem. In Los Angeles, there are enough to pave the streets. There are plenty to describe hubris, too, for many come to revise themselves. The challenge of residency then is neither worshipping