The migratory book you send me has left me and I'm finally responding to your question. The book has now traveled from Ontario to one of the western provices of Canada...Alberta. It's in good hands! Thank you for the opportunity to take part in this project and for your patience in waiting to hear from me.
what connects us?
a need to see ourselves
reflected in each
other
as a way to measure
distance on this
journey....
for comfort
and
acknowledgement
and a need to be one....
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When I was studying in Beijing, I didn't make many strong connections with Chinese people.
In my six months in China, the best connection I made was during the last two weeks of my stay.
A young man named Jade Mountain, who was a student at the Hydroelectric University, reached out to me with honesty, enthusiasm, and touching sensitivity. We had long talks about our countries, and he even dared to criticize the Beijing government for its policy of colonialism in his home province of Xinjiang. I relished the rare opportunity to speak the truth about the dark side of hyper-capitalism in the US. It was 1997, and most mainstream Chinese were enraptured with "development", materialism, and everything that it stood for.
So, I believe we are all connected by the truth of our experience. No matter what the country or circumstance, we each have a truth that must be spoken to others.
Jade Mountain wrote and illustrated a poem that showed China and USA with eyeglasses, because we both wore them. The poem was about speaking from the heart.
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