Paulines and Paulisms

Photographs by Paul Hsu Hybridity and Biculturalism for Ben and Esther HsuBorger Be known and unknown Education is not enough Become becoming Experience is not enough Begin with happy endings End with sad beginnings Breathe in Chinese characters Exhale as English subtitles by Paul Hsu 9-28-15

Photograph by Paul Hsu Microcosmic In the jungle of leafy greens the spider feeds on beetle juice. by Paul Hsu 9/25-27/15

Photographs by Paul Hsu Directions 1. Follow me down sidewalks to water. 2. Listen, child's play, to sounds of water. 3. Reflect light and shadows by water. 4. Taste and see whose thoughts well as water. by Paul Hsu 9-20-15

Photograph by Paul Hsu At My Funeral I would like you to make a few new friendships among the calla lilies. by Paul Hsu 9-15-15

Photograph by Paul Hsu Chalk just scratches the tired surface of a paved and driven way of life which the elements will wear away by Paul Hsu 9-11-15

Photograph by Paul Hsu Refuge In disguise as a child of exile the winged messenger bears tidings of great suffering as the children of dust and earth hunger and thirst for food and water shelter and hearth leaving behind home and country for homelessness leaving behind possessions for dispossession turning to salt in the desert and wandering for forty days and forty nights far far away from the waterways and the city lights. by Paul Hsu 9-5-15