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Who owns polish?
Posted in American culture, culture, identity, society, tagged Berkeley, counterculture, diplomatic corps, establishment, Facebook, fringe, Hollywood, LinkedIn, Madison Avenue, packaging, polish, presentation, professionalism, Seth Godin, sophistication, superficiality on October 12, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Who owns polish? Growing up in a countercultural town, the presentation of Madison Avenue and Hollywood seemed like subversive tools of the establishment.
Flaming East
Posted in culture, history, identity, taboo, tagged British, camphor, colonial, Cool Arts South Sea, empire, expat, foreigner, headhunters, jungle, Kuala Lumpur, Langkawi, LinkedIn, Malacca Straits, Malaysia, memento, monsoon, mosquitoes, Newly Industrialized Country, Pacific Northwest, Penang, pirates, politically-correct, sandalwood, silk, South China Sea, Southeast Asia, souvenir, spices, steamship, Straits Settlements, temples, tourism, trade route, travel, treasure, tropics on September 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Inspired by history but not tethered to it, my Flaming East concept embraced the wonder of the region’s watery crossroads, from the Renaissance’s Age of Discovery to the steamer trunks-and-servants Golden Age of Travel. But does exploring the past mean flaming the east?
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