Ok so seriously.  Me, an official artist?  My first thought was now I really have to work hard to prove myself worthy.  My second thought?  Cool.

One of the projects I'm working on is with Mona Foundation (www.monafoundation.org)...  It took me to six countries and prep started about a year ago.  While I was looking for some pics to post (awesome pics to be found at www.narom.net) -- I came across this piece of artwork -- with a bit of a Star Wars influence, anyone know its origin?

My mom's book is here!  Check this out!

The Last Aloha

"Gaellen Quinn’s first novel explores the shifting tides of loyalty and passion in late 19th century Honolulu. With a sharp eye for detail and what one feels is a very good ear –or at least a very convincing one– for the cadences and tones of both the haole and Hawaiian aristocracy of that period, Quinn offers a tale of discovery and intrigue that holds the reader’s interest almost from the first page." -- Honolulu Weekly Book Review

http://www.gaellenquinn.com/home.php

You might have to cut and paste this link -- but with any luck you can also click on it to learn more!

Thank you!

Funny how they always arrive right when I'm just about to fall asleep... look, a falling star... make a wish!

Over the last few weeks I had Brazilian lemonade with a German friend as we talked about her PhD thesis on youth movements, was treated to Italian food by my Indian friend who spoke about love and women since he and his Chinese girlfriend are thinking of marriage, hired a fellow who was born in Hong Kong (and in radio in the Philippines) to work in my company -- one of his projects? Setting up Toastmasters groups in Hi-tech Zone, bumped into a British friend at a coffee shop who is Buddhist and we exchanged ideas on the meaning of life and ongoing support of the earthquake victims in our province, visited a refurbished factory/studio complex in Xi'an to check out the work of a local artist who's dreams have lead him to paint dolphins bursting through ice bergs and discussed creation myth from the Amazon region and it's influence on his process, had lunch with my Chinese little brother who is heading to Nigeria to work as an interpreter on a railway project and shared ideas about the world being one human family, consulted with a Canadian website designer who lives in Shanghai part time when he's not in Singapore about creating a company brand and logo for my little (tiny!) consulting firm ---