tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42100696361383405522024-03-05T12:49:12.702-08:00rice paper planeMATTEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389369505820875311noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-33622961117045621742013-03-18T20:51:00.000-07:002013-11-26T20:56:11.845-08:00the worldOk. So it's been a month since this happened. But we still can't believe Marco Werman heard, let alone talked about our music on his show. <br />
<br />
I listened to The World almost every day driving home from teaching first grade, and absolutely loved each time the "Global Hit" portion came on, that music has been and always is such a real part of being human, no matter where. We felt and feel so honored to be part of that.<br />
<br />
So <a href="http://www.theworld.org/2013/02/music-of-matteo-american-folk-played-on-traditional-chinese-instruments/" target="_blank">here it is</a>. In case you missed it.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F79117684" width="100%"></iframe><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />MATTEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389369505820875311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-52092777540990306152013-01-27T20:52:00.002-08:002013-01-27T21:22:19.987-08:00sichuan project calendar sneak peek<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhDZAtTesB34NKzJjPLbsqRCSYI35AFQVxPyAvaLAsTFbUQotufAXQnThQ4EjkZ_zrhEB-xQWZzr5oNnZbY32rYyelD3Sy9hugAEu14dmWl4uMsivcobzTtp-YhAgL6nPtKA5b62X6zk/s1600/Nw_E-1t5EF0ZhUE8OzRhpqOfLKMsJ45tNvuW8h7f80Q,QRt0LSC-gB-T8Aigohh-IgDoz-vHQLHpW6Okm9GxpV4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKhDZAtTesB34NKzJjPLbsqRCSYI35AFQVxPyAvaLAsTFbUQotufAXQnThQ4EjkZ_zrhEB-xQWZzr5oNnZbY32rYyelD3Sy9hugAEu14dmWl4uMsivcobzTtp-YhAgL6nPtKA5b62X6zk/s400/Nw_E-1t5EF0ZhUE8OzRhpqOfLKMsJ45tNvuW8h7f80Q,QRt0LSC-gB-T8Aigohh-IgDoz-vHQLHpW6Okm9GxpV4.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBDnPAQ1ssmn_wqWboDOVtpTESJPCqiFLnWpG_H9nuXE76IvKe-Fz19Z3ScPwsmMvaRPERc27c93-F88ySyJVJ_I8mImoqUfNpnRfI9zH92zIVVkPV_GG4EMmKUc3ieeYcKkQdJo6zW4/s1600/2Ak8DJd_avzxCyHjJ0a_dHKRCiTsCq3_46BiAbSlKjo,1HhVWmqmXfaAfTOhykNM1AW4pVBBILWhLKeaF9lLjrE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBDnPAQ1ssmn_wqWboDOVtpTESJPCqiFLnWpG_H9nuXE76IvKe-Fz19Z3ScPwsmMvaRPERc27c93-F88ySyJVJ_I8mImoqUfNpnRfI9zH92zIVVkPV_GG4EMmKUc3ieeYcKkQdJo6zW4/s400/2Ak8DJd_avzxCyHjJ0a_dHKRCiTsCq3_46BiAbSlKjo,1HhVWmqmXfaAfTOhykNM1AW4pVBBILWhLKeaF9lLjrE.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfjfwliW_XQNz-bWDdhbCy61E7tJ7l4aiefmMxyVP7hyphenhyphen3m-u9WwGpPbtQJoPUE3BiKiRd9heKyt9m249syyAqCEsyAJ9rC7KbaejHWtUOFMWxbP4Y5-bXravcuqCp0YU3O54Evlwga3QM/s1600/NcbiYfhLPKmelei7W_zFF88iocl9uiOYZdxWvZjdd6I,rpjQue9a7NC2FdheiOn2qsPDsGe9nqQgTUwDfk9MC1Y.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfjfwliW_XQNz-bWDdhbCy61E7tJ7l4aiefmMxyVP7hyphenhyphen3m-u9WwGpPbtQJoPUE3BiKiRd9heKyt9m249syyAqCEsyAJ9rC7KbaejHWtUOFMWxbP4Y5-bXravcuqCp0YU3O54Evlwga3QM/s400/NcbiYfhLPKmelei7W_zFF88iocl9uiOYZdxWvZjdd6I,rpjQue9a7NC2FdheiOn2qsPDsGe9nqQgTUwDfk9MC1Y.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjNUIB8tzkNjJg2qc8AXuE_TgSCa4FTJAvvRFDvhtEyt7QwOdVK65DZTE4HMTIMiNgXi91ZkvyMrOCidvtJOHXSHz7uaCCCWOQLVqhfOHTJiGhVyULYTYo5UeeVxF1fdXe8KZyBAMrdA/s1600/WU7DOET-JtZeqPBlkMN9zBQqC9VP5jzS_jSlV0wuUts,KFFsBpwAihKFzmHMEEW7LkTeWLXHVxzlY-vDsd_7vAs.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjNUIB8tzkNjJg2qc8AXuE_TgSCa4FTJAvvRFDvhtEyt7QwOdVK65DZTE4HMTIMiNgXi91ZkvyMrOCidvtJOHXSHz7uaCCCWOQLVqhfOHTJiGhVyULYTYo5UeeVxF1fdXe8KZyBAMrdA/s400/WU7DOET-JtZeqPBlkMN9zBQqC9VP5jzS_jSlV0wuUts,KFFsBpwAihKFzmHMEEW7LkTeWLXHVxzlY-vDsd_7vAs.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMIzEPQ0N-6aI3O7XIM70A0dgxCXd03vNeUs9Xi0xzx_vIpbF117jSbqaFfaupSkNBTSGsmZy7L3ARhRUB0lkpz3KOZXciF7YUDK13PoxfjVICTwCdT7kHAT3VbFos4_nUiIvs6SsVASQ/s1600/baSIJZwlFjwEfYee8YIg6_fCsGnsS44CdpaDBqUfDq4,ap3-_qxylxrN1XR8Ci0hO6SQj1e0yR8L8kg4LKo-JCA,AJ3NvaNVzJyJ53YvCxubxWWnJkPR0zHraixuOojykeo.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMIzEPQ0N-6aI3O7XIM70A0dgxCXd03vNeUs9Xi0xzx_vIpbF117jSbqaFfaupSkNBTSGsmZy7L3ARhRUB0lkpz3KOZXciF7YUDK13PoxfjVICTwCdT7kHAT3VbFos4_nUiIvs6SsVASQ/s400/baSIJZwlFjwEfYee8YIg6_fCsGnsS44CdpaDBqUfDq4,ap3-_qxylxrN1XR8Ci0hO6SQj1e0yR8L8kg4LKo-JCA,AJ3NvaNVzJyJ53YvCxubxWWnJkPR0zHraixuOojykeo.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg479ypgt7ugFhM7pZFH-e8TbFZWWgsfv_pXR0898n2P081bDxn-kGwoJHqVXXJ8n2Eg1Jco6nL_zvZHxYFZzDSanRHq3AEGJxP1fb2AhxdDk0WFpNrNM6bLrvdYZ_Ixu8z12liqmBzscE/s1600/S45-UeDMLFiblnW-97AOocJ6gbZxShdNGHgi7c5-a5Y,6UgHwa-eyus96aQKDMtxJSONNulQDwTwMx7RxO5aLUc.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg479ypgt7ugFhM7pZFH-e8TbFZWWgsfv_pXR0898n2P081bDxn-kGwoJHqVXXJ8n2Eg1Jco6nL_zvZHxYFZzDSanRHq3AEGJxP1fb2AhxdDk0WFpNrNM6bLrvdYZ_Ixu8z12liqmBzscE/s400/S45-UeDMLFiblnW-97AOocJ6gbZxShdNGHgi7c5-a5Y,6UgHwa-eyus96aQKDMtxJSONNulQDwTwMx7RxO5aLUc.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNVg5f9QFR49zWQYvxHly_mNCw_03xn9bv9JQTiLx8whga3w2V8IoI9ppb40zoFbqiFDKmVZzIMMmDgdG9G2BBdjlQvCpahglOO5tU496PcXOP23O8sMd9ytqGFqC3XChqYuxR2zkiFAo/s1600/OJy8bNsdaZ5h72VasrJCMnQcAs9phjE92jroPc4Qaw8,c43C08wchJEMRwuQB4mpRYgmHooLmRcUT665IwkdGi0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNVg5f9QFR49zWQYvxHly_mNCw_03xn9bv9JQTiLx8whga3w2V8IoI9ppb40zoFbqiFDKmVZzIMMmDgdG9G2BBdjlQvCpahglOO5tU496PcXOP23O8sMd9ytqGFqC3XChqYuxR2zkiFAo/s400/OJy8bNsdaZ5h72VasrJCMnQcAs9phjE92jroPc4Qaw8,c43C08wchJEMRwuQB4mpRYgmHooLmRcUT665IwkdGi0.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKWM6ieF1NuTZzFlHgKECmFY-OJVvZYsxukbxzO1Jos8W5D3P4gQ3uTvXUZOiae4oR-gXXigf6aCAvo30uyF-zrzwdS7sIXt114HuTPJ1DQ4PHX1W0NwmjIHpLWdVH_oNygPHtj0IkXWQ/s1600/bpdwcEo6ejLYfS6XahQ0j7TW67IOOjhYX7trHOmsv_E,paqotyBRY_82NgBGnOCX0iv4DIqsct-uyeLLx4ZDfX8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKWM6ieF1NuTZzFlHgKECmFY-OJVvZYsxukbxzO1Jos8W5D3P4gQ3uTvXUZOiae4oR-gXXigf6aCAvo30uyF-zrzwdS7sIXt114HuTPJ1DQ4PHX1W0NwmjIHpLWdVH_oNygPHtj0IkXWQ/s400/bpdwcEo6ejLYfS6XahQ0j7TW67IOOjhYX7trHOmsv_E,paqotyBRY_82NgBGnOCX0iv4DIqsct-uyeLLx4ZDfX8.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQDuUUb8Yuix2acV7zXcZSn8hC6TowkHkZzHynP-Jh5VTWQbVjKSUhw9tAdoiLSvk-woFrJDSmIiwOjlqEHxxG1Fjk_FfIqjV8waFpUiU75AwLvFt_AR98Z6squgIKmUbwQo0ya9jx8AA/s1600/nkE-IprAFP4Rf0j2Vqyk5OcQYkWj6X_YMul7Kry5ls4,tv3PE3emJFeVgPHnjgW0FCizSI7VVW0UbMBNeqCZhXw.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQDuUUb8Yuix2acV7zXcZSn8hC6TowkHkZzHynP-Jh5VTWQbVjKSUhw9tAdoiLSvk-woFrJDSmIiwOjlqEHxxG1Fjk_FfIqjV8waFpUiU75AwLvFt_AR98Z6squgIKmUbwQo0ya9jx8AA/s400/nkE-IprAFP4Rf0j2Vqyk5OcQYkWj6X_YMul7Kry5ls4,tv3PE3emJFeVgPHnjgW0FCizSI7VVW0UbMBNeqCZhXw.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUlivjUEHX1BCA_LdyIZ81nqheMLWKDrWLpIq92yJiH1lkVlgyIFpOR25Nc4PibhYdE10RYlkcrUG-hccVnQmMN197rSQt6lKs7fiYudpJk4fpzqi8_1EhfXmKu2n-147t6dq41Tyzp_M/s1600/np353RkfaXp49uuPMKvvcWBeh48muZCoANUR3DXtEBs,mqpSpwRnvX8kRgaT_4iEzLz-6p_uowp3Xg7Y0ouM7x8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUlivjUEHX1BCA_LdyIZ81nqheMLWKDrWLpIq92yJiH1lkVlgyIFpOR25Nc4PibhYdE10RYlkcrUG-hccVnQmMN197rSQt6lKs7fiYudpJk4fpzqi8_1EhfXmKu2n-147t6dq41Tyzp_M/s400/np353RkfaXp49uuPMKvvcWBeh48muZCoANUR3DXtEBs,mqpSpwRnvX8kRgaT_4iEzLz-6p_uowp3Xg7Y0ouM7x8.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8l5Q3eErHFRWwFGlDnMCqG04TpnWxHmjdPhvkMMSzrrRe0frmFE0-kAY6sKS0JMIJcqdQ0F9N33htZV3-ttl4zsyZjKqqeUs2brCIhOe7kKf7L5DXsShC8ku4IVnfvYO_hHLnDr7YCs/s1600/yz2ckWPyFJznf9jO6Irxl6fqgjzGI2ytsrEV1pylPlI,iRKLQqQzn8u4xhY3TaAYeEVMihV-KAtIbX0THOHAQsQ.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8l5Q3eErHFRWwFGlDnMCqG04TpnWxHmjdPhvkMMSzrrRe0frmFE0-kAY6sKS0JMIJcqdQ0F9N33htZV3-ttl4zsyZjKqqeUs2brCIhOe7kKf7L5DXsShC8ku4IVnfvYO_hHLnDr7YCs/s400/yz2ckWPyFJznf9jO6Irxl6fqgjzGI2ytsrEV1pylPlI,iRKLQqQzn8u4xhY3TaAYeEVMihV-KAtIbX0THOHAQsQ.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>
all images by tiger in a jarMATTEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389369505820875311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-69203596311710102982012-12-26T21:23:00.000-08:002012-12-26T21:23:04.381-08:00Our dear listeners will find it no surprise to hear us admit we are absolutely horrible, completely and totally awful, self promoters. And therefore marketers of our music. We have no aspirations of making it big. We just like to create, and we love the energy and honesty of playing for friends and strangers.<br />
<br />
So, we apologize for lack of excessive posts, for close to no tweets, and and overall social media absence. We are not the cool kids in the music scene. But do know we love you. We love to play for you. We love to hear your stories. We are so thankful for your support this year, and hope your holidays have been filled with whatever makes you happiest.<br />
<br />
We were honored this month to be on City Weekly's list of <a href="http://www.cityweekly.net/utah/blog-2443-8809-top-local-albums-of-2012.html" target="_blank">top local albums of 2012</a>, alongside some truly fantastic people.<br />
<br />
And here's a little song we got together and wrote in association with the kickstarter project.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/85HpQk0POd0?rel=0" width="560"></iframe>MATTEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389369505820875311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-44983051788268865772012-11-28T20:28:00.000-08:002012-11-28T20:29:05.350-08:00change of status<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Things have been happening. And updating this here blog has not been one of those things. Most most importantly, Jordan decided to take the plunge and wed himself to the girl of his dreamy dreams, Miss (now mrs.) Carlie McCall Romer. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
They celebrated said decision in a barn filled with hay and friends and love and apples (and, of course, music).</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1hHIW_z2woMjnfTD7V2uoDN7a-l47ZwKbKex5tnRGbCk7c0Lt3SL42YVpFPBXssI6MZZiZTcdp_igyR1fF3FNFjCxrYKJEfQM-j2GMxzfUo7QAZFsT6SF-IMHwlP5DKohs95wuPFjE0/s1600/67620_521203251225120_413870840_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1hHIW_z2woMjnfTD7V2uoDN7a-l47ZwKbKex5tnRGbCk7c0Lt3SL42YVpFPBXssI6MZZiZTcdp_igyR1fF3FNFjCxrYKJEfQM-j2GMxzfUo7QAZFsT6SF-IMHwlP5DKohs95wuPFjE0/s400/67620_521203251225120_413870840_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo6a8fpsdstaFXMexlPLUlMJ9RdJdxwBt9BeBAo48kih4_akz5K7dxJeBJrBMAswyLhe2Tm8YcvjBeLMCQ5j2iKMtELN44womWmoJSBBxqt2bR6l48-xXgLEDjwNGYau-vr43oceJ1bqE/s1600/3489_521203041225141_212370304_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo6a8fpsdstaFXMexlPLUlMJ9RdJdxwBt9BeBAo48kih4_akz5K7dxJeBJrBMAswyLhe2Tm8YcvjBeLMCQ5j2iKMtELN44womWmoJSBBxqt2bR6l48-xXgLEDjwNGYau-vr43oceJ1bqE/s640/3489_521203041225141_212370304_n.jpg" width="426" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7h2mNK2YjsfRHX67EdAcidJsPj7rAXxdGh-pVYVhw1Oto53xrzw-tDJcKyzpj5USwwN-LDLB298sQk43RKXcNJDBoNM25lvVKqzaSsV_JWwpPZ7w_yAe4OCX2o_b4dDGL7K8SQtVg040/s1600/46390_521203244558454_1183730689_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7h2mNK2YjsfRHX67EdAcidJsPj7rAXxdGh-pVYVhw1Oto53xrzw-tDJcKyzpj5USwwN-LDLB298sQk43RKXcNJDBoNM25lvVKqzaSsV_JWwpPZ7w_yAe4OCX2o_b4dDGL7K8SQtVg040/s640/46390_521203244558454_1183730689_n.jpg" width="426" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdNO4nJrLbJe-kKU6FrXYkYrKY1JwP6a9cqoLJ26vLCtUuLaosfH8b5pZTH0vAOHXRpKKCGHAStnPJg1QPrNFsycGj1UIhM9cLTTjpfHa2aAlhxwvsHkBArimbcznLqfR5f0uRJlQd1A/s1600/405056_521203261225119_57732381_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdNO4nJrLbJe-kKU6FrXYkYrKY1JwP6a9cqoLJ26vLCtUuLaosfH8b5pZTH0vAOHXRpKKCGHAStnPJg1QPrNFsycGj1UIhM9cLTTjpfHa2aAlhxwvsHkBArimbcznLqfR5f0uRJlQd1A/s400/405056_521203261225119_57732381_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LaJuZhrDxdKVbbaTqKh1A-Vi_njq0IwgL9FPErL5LNERFgW7CurmyXTg_tuqG8IaA-kD-8u9_h5_BRKE9d37A0yZPn6FSzDfGjix3_GAqwMKOCFJLth4tBnWWFbVO6-mx6aXEzlWb6k/s1600/406957_521220887890023_283178646_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LaJuZhrDxdKVbbaTqKh1A-Vi_njq0IwgL9FPErL5LNERFgW7CurmyXTg_tuqG8IaA-kD-8u9_h5_BRKE9d37A0yZPn6FSzDfGjix3_GAqwMKOCFJLth4tBnWWFbVO6-mx6aXEzlWb6k/s400/406957_521220887890023_283178646_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
With wedding plans and events, Eric working full time and doing graduate school full time, Luke's desert music sculpting, and an increasingly mobile and vocal one year old, we've had to say no to invites for shows and have instead spent any scrap of time where we can all get together working on the remaining covers for our oh so wonderful kickstarter backers. </div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
January and February will see us on the road and at home, performing in Spring City, a Mandarin Pedagogy conference in , and a delightful music series at a church on 9th and 9th to name a few.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Hope things are well with you and yours. Thanks, as always, for listening!</div>
MATTEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389369505820875311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-7150679556659177102012-09-26T10:59:00.001-07:002012-09-26T10:59:05.552-07:00Video one! The Sichuan Project album! Released!<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/49422857?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="500"></iframe> <br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/49422857">Breakfast/International</a><br />
<br />
We had a fantastic time at the CD/video release/Mid-Autumn Festival celebration Monday night. Thank you to all for coming and being such a wonderful audience. Here is the first in the series of videos we're putting out. If you're in the mood for a little China in your day, this should do the trick.<br />
<br />
Thank you thankyou thank You, as always, for all the support we feel. We are grateful.MATTEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389369505820875311noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-45263039891984199562012-09-12T08:05:00.003-07:002012-09-12T08:05:52.509-07:00CD release!I know the last post also ended with an exclamation mark, but we are just as excited about this announcement as the coming of Autumn.<br />
<br />
<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>CD release show: September 24th, Rose Wagner Theater (downtown SLC) at 7pm </b></span><br />
<br />
We will be playing the songs from the new album as well as showing the first of the short films. We are happy to share the stage that night with two other Chinese performers as part of the Confucius Institute's Chinese Culture Week.<br />
<br />
Also. Here's a <a href="http://www.discmakers.com/AVLFlashViewer/?p=JMvt0jWf4XShpoayt+PgtA==#.UFCkc2DsseO" target="_blank">sneak peek</a> at the album itself.MATTEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389369505820875311noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-19841633851826739552012-09-08T10:18:00.000-07:002012-09-08T10:18:12.142-07:00Delicious Autumn!Hope you are all well.<br />
<br />
Things here are in motion. And at conclusions. And beginnings.<br />
<br />
School has started, cherry harvest ended, peach begun. Cooler nights received with open windows and long talks on the grass. The e.p. is being printed, the videos are wrapping up (both set to release this month). It has been a summer [post-China] full of concert series, recording vocals, painting Tshirts, chasing a now running baby, mixing and mastering, and loving the beautiful place we all get to live and make music.<br />
<br />
We are all really happy with the way both the new recordings and the videos have turned out. Man we're excited to share them with you! CD release show dates are being finalized, but tentatively the last week of September. We'll let you know.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.slugmag.com/article.php?id=3737&page=1" target="_blank">Here's a great article out in SLUG this month</a> on our trip to China.<br />
<br />
We're also this month's featured artist on KCPW's Sounds From the Lounge. A new video will be posted each week of this month, all shot one afternoon in late August in the warm ( AC turned off, real sweaty and cozy) sunny member's lounge.<br />
<br />
Thank you as always for your enthusiasm and ears:) We have loved meeting new and old friends each time we play.<br />
<br />
<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/48990458" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="500"></iframe> <br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/48990458">'Sweet Sweeping Joy' by Matteo</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/soundsfromthelounge">Sounds From The Lounge</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.MATTEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389369505820875311noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-28924442157971031562012-07-26T21:38:00.001-07:002012-08-09T14:05:14.106-07:00So, we were on RadioWest the other day.<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/46443247" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <br />
<br />
and had fabulous time. Here's a video Benjamin shot of one of the songs we played during the interview.<br />
<br />
Please note Luke trying (unsuccessfully ) not to smile and Jordan looking straight at the camera.<br />
<br />畢老师http://www.blogger.com/profile/02888695610509714224noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-15062974927245547832012-07-25T13:34:00.003-07:002012-07-25T13:34:59.692-07:00a tease<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/46327266" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <br />
<br />MATTEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389369505820875311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-79808387319202649632012-07-22T21:33:00.000-07:002012-07-25T13:45:08.988-07:007 fotos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
There we were, laying in bed miles and weeks away from Sichuan, scrolling through pictures of Anna on Eric's phone. Yes, she was asleep in the next room and yes, we'd already spent the whole day with her. But sometimes we still like to look at these little captured slices and smile. And then we came across these leftovers.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
Here, you can have a look.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
This first one is the box that Luke's Chinese phone came in. After an afternoon searching through shop after shop for a cheap cell phone option--which we had just learned we'd need if we wanted internet the month in the dorms-- we came across this lovely choice in a white-tiled room. It's large buttons and obviously non-smart-phone-ness called out to us, and even after the saleswoman repeatedly tried to convince us we really didn't want to buy this phone, claiming it was a specially designed phone for the elderly, we, well, bought it. Obviously.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2zfV6i3ehwpUxkXQkGDw_LxrpAcp1aAjdV4m4XmVJLZTkHNwkrnau-hqMwZofGK_kZsBfd6S_S-_byL5uK8WAq5EZ7OjC2mNdx4Sqb8b95m52WtObetHhewzmn4x7bIJN3iZUQXle8fc/s1600/IMG_0729.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2zfV6i3ehwpUxkXQkGDw_LxrpAcp1aAjdV4m4XmVJLZTkHNwkrnau-hqMwZofGK_kZsBfd6S_S-_byL5uK8WAq5EZ7OjC2mNdx4Sqb8b95m52WtObetHhewzmn4x7bIJN3iZUQXle8fc/s400/IMG_0729.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
Then bought some cherries from a wooden cart, sat down in front of the administrative building on campus, removed the phone from it's fancy red bag, and started pushing those geriatric friendly buttons.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFmNoFt8pEhNBqO1L4QnB8xTkYj2JPAjiQ2bv8GmUsIRdQT11ZEXm7ZHuYm2iadZCkFdXWQFQgbYHP3_s0Ul7u2cMTYudRSWwiF7oGlopjJ-JBNNkojDP_pp3OcL143FsUXNjuHQ0c8DE/s1600/IMG_0732.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFmNoFt8pEhNBqO1L4QnB8xTkYj2JPAjiQ2bv8GmUsIRdQT11ZEXm7ZHuYm2iadZCkFdXWQFQgbYHP3_s0Ul7u2cMTYudRSWwiF7oGlopjJ-JBNNkojDP_pp3OcL143FsUXNjuHQ0c8DE/s320/IMG_0732.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Bundles of power lines on the pedestrian overpass. Safe? Perhaps. Oh, China.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWm4O6yUanpXwE0rQKhZ70p72b5LFscwqaiXdOetT1bn_otSlKa53X955wCrUrwTfzLO2jDtArw4_rf6piO0VYG-YfsI_ChEc_TPVsfx6xlWLvFD2Qg-gPSeigv0xyVUThAUck8xCKfZc/s1600/IMG_0740.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWm4O6yUanpXwE0rQKhZ70p72b5LFscwqaiXdOetT1bn_otSlKa53X955wCrUrwTfzLO2jDtArw4_rf6piO0VYG-YfsI_ChEc_TPVsfx6xlWLvFD2Qg-gPSeigv0xyVUThAUck8xCKfZc/s320/IMG_0740.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
But let us say here we are beyond excited for the footage about to be shared with the world from this adventure. This little snapshot was from an afternoon early on in the road trip where we all wide-eyed at the view asked the driver to pull over. We just so happened to have stopped off at a mini green heaven, complete with famers silhouetted in their paddies, women carrying massive baskets on their backs full of grain and children, and water buffalos hiding in sheds. The rural accent made it difficult for us to understand their Mandarin, but they didn't seem to mind and we listened to long paragraphs on the dirt road. </div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
First short film due out in late August.</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WCLGoo6ez9Cl1pJ_se-kOw6BDBHp0iWUUEemgWIwaIBAhripVcaMPOqdyPZx_foF9k3nOhNoBTz3wbHgUiLATwVX1D3KY-H9W-rtl935vYybhbP3bAM5-CfmHlSkUg7EL_oSQDzfb20/s1600/IMG_0794.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WCLGoo6ez9Cl1pJ_se-kOw6BDBHp0iWUUEemgWIwaIBAhripVcaMPOqdyPZx_foF9k3nOhNoBTz3wbHgUiLATwVX1D3KY-H9W-rtl935vYybhbP3bAM5-CfmHlSkUg7EL_oSQDzfb20/s640/IMG_0794.jpg" width="476" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
Tibetan BBQ. We still do not know how this man touched, nay, gripped securely and pulled open, these grates over the open flame. A memorable dinner and a delightful family.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjT2VGSzJU9hOiRuwohiTz0K9d3uPDa3pDnniAglfBIKX0xa4FZW9pnqh3PCWhy_39C1PMzJhzGtmtFmdpmXdFCzIcoCMElf93FedpEt_JUkBY-qdmSK1d83avkAQg9vYbjE4JtGLclM/s1600/IMG_0815.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjT2VGSzJU9hOiRuwohiTz0K9d3uPDa3pDnniAglfBIKX0xa4FZW9pnqh3PCWhy_39C1PMzJhzGtmtFmdpmXdFCzIcoCMElf93FedpEt_JUkBY-qdmSK1d83avkAQg9vYbjE4JtGLclM/s400/IMG_0815.jpg" width="298" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDzCPKEjWAu1FDHVj2v-wcdK015zNWwgrWyRS0VUEM4UpQIgGS9LKaLBhT0iEB01kLuLsggQXrcygSgzdOFn6vbOl_UGsp4rNBMyffOpLTjlS2MaSRxAEr3PeZCA-moBZu8VCTGm9iB8/s1600/IMG_0816.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoDzCPKEjWAu1FDHVj2v-wcdK015zNWwgrWyRS0VUEM4UpQIgGS9LKaLBhT0iEB01kLuLsggQXrcygSgzdOFn6vbOl_UGsp4rNBMyffOpLTjlS2MaSRxAEr3PeZCA-moBZu8VCTGm9iB8/s320/IMG_0816.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
The somehow simultaneously charming and formidable Tibetan building style.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM79Jnwd39ZSrgFJjR1V5klRq1_Y4KKIni7_WIPqq5GVBjbQKzKwoYBWBx9LEZnAsRoFQmIVPSYMmPrQk9-lJoDUEf9dyEDUVNKVlEbdhtK_dUcyJ6XVsYee_mRNpLbgh6TTIqcq4fEAw/s1600/IMG_0821.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM79Jnwd39ZSrgFJjR1V5klRq1_Y4KKIni7_WIPqq5GVBjbQKzKwoYBWBx9LEZnAsRoFQmIVPSYMmPrQk9-lJoDUEf9dyEDUVNKVlEbdhtK_dUcyJ6XVsYee_mRNpLbgh6TTIqcq4fEAw/s400/IMG_0821.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
And that was it. </div>
<br />MATTEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389369505820875311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-5545086191431843412012-07-08T21:19:00.000-07:002012-07-11T21:04:07.394-07:00The crash.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Those few seconds before we hit, the ones outside of time where my eyes
would not shut and my arms held my baby, play over and over in my head. Wet
road. Gray rain. Swerving back and forth uncontrollably across both lanes.<span class="Apple-style-span"> Motion so strange it seemed almost humorous. A wheel caught, we spun completely around, and we're thrown
sideways off the road into wet rock dirt.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I can remember holding Anna and trying to form a bubble around her as we
hit. Then it was dark. We heard glass shatter and the two of us lay pinned under a pile of luggage on the ceiling of the van, rain dripping on and through
its exposed belly and side. I couldn't move my arms except to pull her closer. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"G<i>et this off of her!"</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> again and again into the backpack pressed against my face. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Light appeared as Eric and Luke began pulling luggage and
instruments off us. I felt her moving and myself praying. She started to scream. I ran hands over her head, trying to assess damage. More praying. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Moments earlier the van had been filled with laughter-- all of us almost giddy at the beauty we were surrounded with, our recent basketball game with monks, and Matt's getting the wind knocked out of him on account of slipping on Yak poop. Our driver literally had to tell us to calm down for fear we'd pass out in the thin air. We were so high up, so far away from even the Chinese things that had begun to feel familiar. We really knew only that we were a dot on the miles of rotting road between one larger Tibetan city and a few tiny mountain villages.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The minutes and emotions that filled the van just after we hit were nothing short of sacred. </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">We understood this much:</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">-Death had come and we somehow got away.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">-The rain wasn't about to stop.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">-Mia was bleeding. She couldn't move.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">-We were in the most remote place we'd ever been on this earth.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">-Night would be here soon.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0GXW_sHvT48EQEBoAVtIOdV1UVJXQOOubxoMqMq8MrLDKlvdxy__ZDevPgA3D6ddKCHW7DHeFcT4tmbl5zmcF5P0_634QgIozYNX132X6Iicuu6ByVDGW7O-hgPGtXaDfCgsxyzt90XI/s1600/IMG_1430.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0GXW_sHvT48EQEBoAVtIOdV1UVJXQOOubxoMqMq8MrLDKlvdxy__ZDevPgA3D6ddKCHW7DHeFcT4tmbl5zmcF5P0_634QgIozYNX132X6Iicuu6ByVDGW7O-hgPGtXaDfCgsxyzt90XI/s600/IMG_1430.JPG" /></a></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><br /></span></div>MATTEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389369505820875311noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-34515412965806319352012-06-28T17:22:00.000-07:002012-06-28T17:22:11.382-07:00Coming Home: Mountain SongsAs I ate outside on this cool, dry, smoky SLC morning -- home again, drinking orange juice, wildfires in the south -- I realized that for a trip in which our main focus was music, we certainly haven't posted much for you to listen to.<br />
<br />
We're not quite done with all the recording of our new EP (recorded <i>almost</i> entirely in China is going to have to do, unfortunately, hope you don't want your money back), so we can't show you any of the new songs just yet. But, as a wanderer in a new place, my most invaluable piece of archival equipment (usually my sketchbook) turned out to be my little field recorder this time around. So I'm going to tell you about a town in Western Sichuan called Moxi, and I'm going to involve your ears a bit.<br />
<br />
<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F51162933&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=9f7047">
</param>
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always">
</param>
<embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F51162933&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=9f7047" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/matteo-ricci/playground-in-moxi">Field Recordings from China - Playground in Moxi</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/matteo-ricci">Matteomusic</a>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIVZhDWZO2kpTf4UdfHCi92cD-pW2au5zq_SHhIRGD3djMhZF-ZDXyAh0ZHrXge0bwER78xQBNfo1Vdy1lLF2NAsB_3lPwAeT2qCzLpz47ZAFF9hdPTa3eh2nHl-D9t42KRPIjjC6xf50/s1600/IMG_3864.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIVZhDWZO2kpTf4UdfHCi92cD-pW2au5zq_SHhIRGD3djMhZF-ZDXyAh0ZHrXge0bwER78xQBNfo1Vdy1lLF2NAsB_3lPwAeT2qCzLpz47ZAFF9hdPTa3eh2nHl-D9t42KRPIjjC6xf50/s320/IMG_3864.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnREdy6BS2mpj4P2VOOjksY0X1Wyyl-hQ-TVrvEH92jYtHbHoB4f6uvuLFv9u3K0JnEIcsbpsPwj7fzIJIfpzeGHeRpRbsF8liDKgrxNkqkqFtbMsQA8nDD_wW3mqvwfBS6BByGbS3lYA/s1600/IMG_3856.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnREdy6BS2mpj4P2VOOjksY0X1Wyyl-hQ-TVrvEH92jYtHbHoB4f6uvuLFv9u3K0JnEIcsbpsPwj7fzIJIfpzeGHeRpRbsF8liDKgrxNkqkqFtbMsQA8nDD_wW3mqvwfBS6BByGbS3lYA/s320/IMG_3856.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Moxi sits at the base of Gongga, a huge, glacier-cut mountain with warm springs and sharp, snowy peaks. We never saw anything but its rolling foothills, due to the fog and the outrageous price of a gondola ticket, but we felt its presence -- coming up from the huge hydrological basin that Chengdu and its surrounding farmland sit in, Moxi's steeper hills and thinner air felt like home to us Rocky Mountain folk. </div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pzUY4S2J1e64X9iZhpn49Q5YDNC7-yCAQuyaAFlcmGkLAaA8rgWrRYiisip4KfqGoroRxrIPd3LaZEmnfOD_g4sze7THLLYTh22LDZBKW83atfvxL-PWOQLNuem2XhI-kvDwRd4nDWw/s1600/IMG_3879.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6pzUY4S2J1e64X9iZhpn49Q5YDNC7-yCAQuyaAFlcmGkLAaA8rgWrRYiisip4KfqGoroRxrIPd3LaZEmnfOD_g4sze7THLLYTh22LDZBKW83atfvxL-PWOQLNuem2XhI-kvDwRd4nDWw/s320/IMG_3879.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijUvxsnmgKNVeHNSM4m0yc8NbFuZ0lh9IeS4TW1SjbcCdJFr4nkDMJfWRkq-Xm-_s5P0m43pqN4oWaDrjps5Xc_9xWhSX9B3wMRe6iSjDBahs35cGVm14PxsRDymWaV6R-RBbyK40o5ls/s1600/IMG_3901.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijUvxsnmgKNVeHNSM4m0yc8NbFuZ0lh9IeS4TW1SjbcCdJFr4nkDMJfWRkq-Xm-_s5P0m43pqN4oWaDrjps5Xc_9xWhSX9B3wMRe6iSjDBahs35cGVm14PxsRDymWaV6R-RBbyK40o5ls/s320/IMG_3901.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2TksNvqhiIkuqY8wzJbdBnOpypr5wFYARUfVNtQc1bNCBHJdh0ZBN2gkfqwHEO861GuYa4fjgShCY00z3Gnku4cWGhZZL8AerjgbJ5qyhbAP2F3dlXWQskGPBLAbQ5_T-u9YsRwmzf4/s1600/IMG_3906.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2TksNvqhiIkuqY8wzJbdBnOpypr5wFYARUfVNtQc1bNCBHJdh0ZBN2gkfqwHEO861GuYa4fjgShCY00z3Gnku4cWGhZZL8AerjgbJ5qyhbAP2F3dlXWQskGPBLAbQ5_T-u9YsRwmzf4/s320/IMG_3906.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We also felt Moxi's significance as a cultural gateway -- a town just inside the rich, fluid middle segment of the Venn Diagram that plots Sichuan with Tibet. As with most borderlands, the political, cultural, and ethnic boundaries are asynchronous and unreconcilable in Western Sichuan. Women wear dark robes, and have red lengths of cloth braided through their hair, which they wear in circles around their heads. Tibetan kids stare at us and push each other, and their screams and laughter sound identical to the afternoon noise of the playground we lived next to in Chengdu. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXi52iuNGMU3InQXPV4rumxtNWCJjREWqJpZ4nzWTTev4F_-1Vv7Q6rQO4urO7utSqrBKmOK-jlMHyu0F3aEq8zfHpRf2NVu9AJnQ5Qal4M4sRVRtkRLS4jM1UMSfPEiHEo9MFnBl0Tos/s1600/IMG_3880.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXi52iuNGMU3InQXPV4rumxtNWCJjREWqJpZ4nzWTTev4F_-1Vv7Q6rQO4urO7utSqrBKmOK-jlMHyu0F3aEq8zfHpRf2NVu9AJnQ5Qal4M4sRVRtkRLS4jM1UMSfPEiHEo9MFnBl0Tos/s320/IMG_3880.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
But Moxi also has an old stone Catholic monastery, repurposed as a historical museum for relics and stories from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March" target="_blank">the Long March</a>. And the red-braid women and the push-scream kids are accompanied down cobblestone streets by old, weathered Han Chinese men in grey canvas wrappings or brown leather jackets (the differences between Han and Tibetan are already indistinct, made muddier in the spectrum of faces here). And it isn't until you've left Moxi that you start to see prayer flags whipping from roadside fences, though you can find here all the same pastel colors: around the windows, or lining wicker baskets full of nonsense, or on the pipes that the jacket men are smoking. Unlike the villages and towns we would see farther west, there are no great embossed gold rolling prayer drums on the streets of Moxi. But they sell small brass twirling ones in every trinket shop. </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5rb5lzlIpw4UrhxsgSRf9Wl87xg-bei4wlt_iEms4j4TnHBuSvsbj7m6Dj5vD-eZbw7POu2JxmEmjiXwqdkZZ-qv0Jsf0vt89arEMFx6FT1vwKUeMnFghRwQg2gUu0io_PDf01fj3DtI/s1600/IMG_3913.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5rb5lzlIpw4UrhxsgSRf9Wl87xg-bei4wlt_iEms4j4TnHBuSvsbj7m6Dj5vD-eZbw7POu2JxmEmjiXwqdkZZ-qv0Jsf0vt89arEMFx6FT1vwKUeMnFghRwQg2gUu0io_PDf01fj3DtI/s320/IMG_3913.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
And, on a cool, dry morning, eating fresh bread with yak butter, we hear mountain songs. A group of Tibetan teenagers and twenty-somethings, in sweatpants and camisoles. We find them scattered in a stone courtyard, and after some coaxing and nervous laughter, they sing for us. First a stoic girl who looked over her left shoulder at the last turn of each throat-catching (for her and us) melodic phrase.</div>
<div>
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F51167662&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=9f7047">
</param>
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always">
</param>
<embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F51167662&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=9f7047" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/matteo-ricci/field-recordings-from-china-1">Field Recordings from China - Tibetan Mountain Song (Coming Home)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/matteo-ricci">Matteomusic</a><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmuy8c09xI3TPjjGKCIrRHr5TOY6q3VXwAUigYWB0A3Hp54oiKHlDb_jpCHoMAJREUhLRWOB6woeCGXZ6MCXunYeWfOqdBFrsSyV9RgZyOEPXKxwUsMkHMARAikvZiqgdysNTXo4sn65s/s1600/IMG_3872.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmuy8c09xI3TPjjGKCIrRHr5TOY6q3VXwAUigYWB0A3Hp54oiKHlDb_jpCHoMAJREUhLRWOB6woeCGXZ6MCXunYeWfOqdBFrsSyV9RgZyOEPXKxwUsMkHMARAikvZiqgdysNTXo4sn65s/s320/IMG_3872.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
And then this smiling, reluctant, recently-woken kid in the yellow shirt, who clenched his fists and rocked back and forth and pointed his face into the sun, throat open, singing upward at GongGa.</div>
<br /><object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F51166024&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=9f7047">
</param>
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always">
</param>
<embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="https://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F51166024&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=9f7047" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/matteo-ricci/field-recordings-from-china">Field Recordings from China - Tibetan Mountain Song (The Biggest Lama)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/matteo-ricci">Matteomusic</a><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: right;">
--Luke</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>MATTEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389369505820875311noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-90946248882773117912012-06-19T21:54:00.000-07:002012-06-22T21:18:46.853-07:00this last week or soa few from Brinn's camera. More soon from the others....<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlEtrIJCD-EYLBHycp4Ym8Rl8dkJciAsmq8JPFn5Aa4uruGNOtAqbwqAM7d2h8dazZX4Nhb3MyURbDNLFWrDNe7xw1sp2E_TgJhzlZPLdmkevFG3NEwqwWj7bgOmwGOiQLUD3G6WB82s/s1600/IMG_0985.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqlEtrIJCD-EYLBHycp4Ym8Rl8dkJciAsmq8JPFn5Aa4uruGNOtAqbwqAM7d2h8dazZX4Nhb3MyURbDNLFWrDNe7xw1sp2E_TgJhzlZPLdmkevFG3NEwqwWj7bgOmwGOiQLUD3G6WB82s/s400/IMG_0985.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal">
Morning market that appears every morning along this street
then disappears as the sun gets hot.<o:p></o:p></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNvrKNrfgEVeyX0_71C_c7dL368IJr_duVLlTG1a8_ZpLJq7TELc6KY0I-u8Sv-tbNad-yqKQ9B02asPOcSxoMlvXssTKnw-BksMjz-0BiVIu0WBNGlCa8CnWOF9AER5V67jNRjZaVs4/s1600/IMG_0991.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNvrKNrfgEVeyX0_71C_c7dL368IJr_duVLlTG1a8_ZpLJq7TELc6KY0I-u8Sv-tbNad-yqKQ9B02asPOcSxoMlvXssTKnw-BksMjz-0BiVIu0WBNGlCa8CnWOF9AER5V67jNRjZaVs4/s640/IMG_0991.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ulUPmYg0ROlgisaPhKCrznUntrz8ehUe2YJb7xhWUOteG_Z8JFnNZVESYqYoyx2_N4n55c1vU9-IwX43o70vGRvBOc29wW3ix6eN1hotTMw108dRGmzgiiwzq5Gjy5ockJQa_bzPj5I/s1600/IMG_0998.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ulUPmYg0ROlgisaPhKCrznUntrz8ehUe2YJb7xhWUOteG_Z8JFnNZVESYqYoyx2_N4n55c1vU9-IwX43o70vGRvBOc29wW3ix6eN1hotTMw108dRGmzgiiwzq5Gjy5ockJQa_bzPj5I/s640/IMG_0998.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal">
China does not win the prize for cleanest country in the
world. But even it’s dirty looks kinda cool.<o:p></o:p></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJWxrR8IqIKQWAAOD83D6y3rMyUL2lM6KzTBaouHxKRNMNrcWRP_a003isIFP7rTOgZGVlVKddLpFD5fC3yViJLnaAqlbxZeakGy2wWdYcyY339zIylQf_xD-LvsKqw_A33a5R705SGzE/s1600/IMG_1000.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJWxrR8IqIKQWAAOD83D6y3rMyUL2lM6KzTBaouHxKRNMNrcWRP_a003isIFP7rTOgZGVlVKddLpFD5fC3yViJLnaAqlbxZeakGy2wWdYcyY339zIylQf_xD-LvsKqw_A33a5R705SGzE/s400/IMG_1000.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDzRiSTVnA4L9xEmBrDcvbcJQjSoxK4uqNGRZbbZoXTXBE7OpSKhjxbWvxJgZ7Q70PDwLw98nIbiVKCYvCKdI87I7PG7NT4i2HWxA10ZHNVkRQsLCfTwpsR9MjTcsIjmS8N0GbJaaGIk/s1600/IMG_1002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDzRiSTVnA4L9xEmBrDcvbcJQjSoxK4uqNGRZbbZoXTXBE7OpSKhjxbWvxJgZ7Q70PDwLw98nIbiVKCYvCKdI87I7PG7NT4i2HWxA10ZHNVkRQsLCfTwpsR9MjTcsIjmS8N0GbJaaGIk/s400/IMG_1002.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLmuZR-l1TEjZCpsjRGvu1WMeW51txDAt24ZdbkpVvuKbeeo84mvr-_2PKTQ86yLMN8s7GbPeJRkg-eE1OdUnFzma6j0IGA0Z69GveigudtuDzUclJ_B0AS3eqasdJ2wKLex4O7BZ1ngc/s1600/IMG_1003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLmuZR-l1TEjZCpsjRGvu1WMeW51txDAt24ZdbkpVvuKbeeo84mvr-_2PKTQ86yLMN8s7GbPeJRkg-eE1OdUnFzma6j0IGA0Z69GveigudtuDzUclJ_B0AS3eqasdJ2wKLex4O7BZ1ngc/s400/IMG_1003.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the kindergarten on campus. Now those are some wiggly kids.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkN7MH8aQiL4m8U024aKiBZBKqTAcOIyvLQ1aSUbx_m-4i15XNA_Ly7Wx3kynues4RKKb1wi1v6HHZkrUJ32p4QwZT4jIp_tiTOks-eqPsY-f2ozDdnJQRUDHjJAnmNyXWjHzsO6fzMZk/s1600/IMG_1007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkN7MH8aQiL4m8U024aKiBZBKqTAcOIyvLQ1aSUbx_m-4i15XNA_Ly7Wx3kynues4RKKb1wi1v6HHZkrUJ32p4QwZT4jIp_tiTOks-eqPsY-f2ozDdnJQRUDHjJAnmNyXWjHzsO6fzMZk/s320/IMG_1007.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No need for gargoyles with this guy on your fence.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzIsfR3umuhNJK1-6fap0BTYcAuznSGk0QO_XGtqX0sk63BEHFqhDPvk_pC7TWxJ5RTfJUD4F4iNq2d5lodohrsasAT2sZ6KsF96JC2ZBgfh6OVcxQI5wyQh2GDQGCy45B1fU1OMh-Kw/s1600/IMG_1009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzIsfR3umuhNJK1-6fap0BTYcAuznSGk0QO_XGtqX0sk63BEHFqhDPvk_pC7TWxJ5RTfJUD4F4iNq2d5lodohrsasAT2sZ6KsF96JC2ZBgfh6OVcxQI5wyQh2GDQGCy45B1fU1OMh-Kw/s400/IMG_1009.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhAq7c-QG5JniNRxQRqytSwRR9gJzm9O8u6H0szZ5jU9cE8ovDGvnFzhunjycpzECXq9XtZnkgrnH5VJLjxb8LksuWV2riA1kWDQuZlP7jKAz4ck4hZbhgtuyiEZOA8ev8Br4R-x48DrQ/s1600/IMG_1020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhAq7c-QG5JniNRxQRqytSwRR9gJzm9O8u6H0szZ5jU9cE8ovDGvnFzhunjycpzECXq9XtZnkgrnH5VJLjxb8LksuWV2riA1kWDQuZlP7jKAz4ck4hZbhgtuyiEZOA8ev8Br4R-x48DrQ/s400/IMG_1020.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">These little treats come with a plastic glove to eat them
with. When we asked why, the shop owner looked at us with genuine confusion
“Well your hand would get sticky!”. I'm not sure what jordan is thinking in this picture.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">
</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1oNw2CMNtP9CL7gKxT8aNFxbyx9smJhKZP0YfNk_LH8VvJ4hX5uze8_jxw3OpJfQdtmw-KGHEO5fojmvCRt5h7Ck6IAAochWzq0zBmriNY_YOs5lQbFQxdXbT9MUJaLi9KVgNZRyfpQ/s1600/IMG_1028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA1oNw2CMNtP9CL7gKxT8aNFxbyx9smJhKZP0YfNk_LH8VvJ4hX5uze8_jxw3OpJfQdtmw-KGHEO5fojmvCRt5h7Ck6IAAochWzq0zBmriNY_YOs5lQbFQxdXbT9MUJaLi9KVgNZRyfpQ/s400/IMG_1028.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We love the fruit. we love the fruit. oh, how we love the fruit.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2DuwXIsNZlfnQVuZjBl1d7aGd-FPHdxCBU915ZnrehEB5RqKg1gfsPC6oNhy4EXAtsPkQ1wj-cEqduY9o8KXCKdNuTg4ng5P6QG5d5ZQ1QGB62_k9Ox5Fv9r09zQ6nWRGLu7IFB646dU/s1600/IMG_1022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2DuwXIsNZlfnQVuZjBl1d7aGd-FPHdxCBU915ZnrehEB5RqKg1gfsPC6oNhy4EXAtsPkQ1wj-cEqduY9o8KXCKdNuTg4ng5P6QG5d5ZQ1QGB62_k9Ox5Fv9r09zQ6nWRGLu7IFB646dU/s320/IMG_1022.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anna Banana</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIVBL_q_5NB7BcDHYYqz16m9pbc0t0C2JuJ5DsEsel7DhjKJ1CZtiAvUqbNIA8D_zJ2dONiOR1DuCLnTsdowC-PukrtJc-CeLAyepTk5U7SeOzPGpWtxPHbzcoFYzWWmt8TXk2oncg7gc/s1600/IMG_1005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIVBL_q_5NB7BcDHYYqz16m9pbc0t0C2JuJ5DsEsel7DhjKJ1CZtiAvUqbNIA8D_zJ2dONiOR1DuCLnTsdowC-PukrtJc-CeLAyepTk5U7SeOzPGpWtxPHbzcoFYzWWmt8TXk2oncg7gc/s640/IMG_1005.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg70P_k_np9201LUhT34fBoEF_1u9c7MBBKi6ZQ65_oa3Va3DcPPuIaYpjPd-4j6Xj-S6T2b91FVBtbgjlS9lfnI8jcBc-9OIgFPEDz-pLwpvkKgyCE3-fCp1hZYPOO-TATuka1cy3e1ss/s1600/IMG_1041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg70P_k_np9201LUhT34fBoEF_1u9c7MBBKi6ZQ65_oa3Va3DcPPuIaYpjPd-4j6Xj-S6T2b91FVBtbgjlS9lfnI8jcBc-9OIgFPEDz-pLwpvkKgyCE3-fCp1hZYPOO-TATuka1cy3e1ss/s400/IMG_1041.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">lunch</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCkU2fDZyqwPxqESIbcvWreOAH1s-zeaxpQforynr7L4n-4VDq_NLhyphenhyphen29nhukkTDKCBDcayeaJSEeyuU4FV-MujIsuZKfpeoeO79EUMV8TTJPKr89a9RH3_75B1j1wpX8hF318uAq_Kuc/s1600/IMG_1066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCkU2fDZyqwPxqESIbcvWreOAH1s-zeaxpQforynr7L4n-4VDq_NLhyphenhyphen29nhukkTDKCBDcayeaJSEeyuU4FV-MujIsuZKfpeoeO79EUMV8TTJPKr89a9RH3_75B1j1wpX8hF318uAq_Kuc/s320/IMG_1066.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">dinner</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7p0_qDUJywg-xnLQfPWdds8ciuupuTIsfAZDpXFpbSktsSIoYy3a4GzG8yXKZtXwDX5yrfRH3R-4hyRgcJ346BgoZFlZD9zlHy0ivmsecOVkxqEzmxn0U24yjfOkPQbMtrcsfjNMhxW4/s1600/IMG_1068.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7p0_qDUJywg-xnLQfPWdds8ciuupuTIsfAZDpXFpbSktsSIoYy3a4GzG8yXKZtXwDX5yrfRH3R-4hyRgcJ346BgoZFlZD9zlHy0ivmsecOVkxqEzmxn0U24yjfOkPQbMtrcsfjNMhxW4/s400/IMG_1068.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmpJfckCwPC7nF8j9U24YLOwzhLeCEN5JdUpI5J0MZYHreTiueC-HP1Al3mciZW_nUoqcrUuszUtPqB1coazRAnTPfBNPVhQCrLL-0Lt-2Zaygn0zEQMjM-wZexXBvNzvCtx_n26VfAfs/s1600/IMG_1092.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmpJfckCwPC7nF8j9U24YLOwzhLeCEN5JdUpI5J0MZYHreTiueC-HP1Al3mciZW_nUoqcrUuszUtPqB1coazRAnTPfBNPVhQCrLL-0Lt-2Zaygn0zEQMjM-wZexXBvNzvCtx_n26VfAfs/s200/IMG_1092.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">138 postcards</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2vTBFkRDENrw9a8hD7J2TM0Exf8YMA97Wf7JPEoEkfOaF2wwauVUG9V2xUt9-ryyJKTUSLKwaNHisrBGUzgSqWTiz9xzHQnvspNcnmqgvyMSdzxix9mH6pGw4t2Bc8_qaSVe2vqyAEA/s1600/IMG_1110.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2vTBFkRDENrw9a8hD7J2TM0Exf8YMA97Wf7JPEoEkfOaF2wwauVUG9V2xUt9-ryyJKTUSLKwaNHisrBGUzgSqWTiz9xzHQnvspNcnmqgvyMSdzxix9mH6pGw4t2Bc8_qaSVe2vqyAEA/s320/IMG_1110.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal">
Matt is not a tramp. But Julie sure is a lady.<o:p></o:p></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G0SFyANlAvdHmhnj0YjtWkGNUznnqCxoNjTvk_bok-8DG1l7jD1lJIecSo0-03AkE48Q9nHn6xTB9CBeuRZE9otl8MSJOt1Wp8TVKBGjExvSIxTS1Qp4HlrH5f-ydaICHlHWFexMKAQ/s1600/IMG_1139.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0G0SFyANlAvdHmhnj0YjtWkGNUznnqCxoNjTvk_bok-8DG1l7jD1lJIecSo0-03AkE48Q9nHn6xTB9CBeuRZE9otl8MSJOt1Wp8TVKBGjExvSIxTS1Qp4HlrH5f-ydaICHlHWFexMKAQ/s320/IMG_1139.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;">The 14 passenger van that would take us to
places and drive us along roads that made us literally gasp (for many reasons)
and oooh around every turn. You simply cannot go to the places we were able to
see by train or bus or tour. We loved making our own route and stopping
whenever we pleased.</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEyBmxwiUhbmI4uaChNYtOu2Y2tC5dcbv1SoctfxhED-wQs0kKMxyYns3cjOv7JpA9S1pS9mwFlmoHYAdehfFMMGNPXnOrgZW41y3iqybPuQ1TYLRzHCQYVd0GXiN_F1rESzNKBaZkZmY/s1600/IMG_1162.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEyBmxwiUhbmI4uaChNYtOu2Y2tC5dcbv1SoctfxhED-wQs0kKMxyYns3cjOv7JpA9S1pS9mwFlmoHYAdehfFMMGNPXnOrgZW41y3iqybPuQ1TYLRzHCQYVd0GXiN_F1rESzNKBaZkZmY/s400/IMG_1162.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-laXMbgl4M_lo-5FFj24bgbnGR9uyPWiYkn-AL-C2AMohh43mTY3wIa5k96qg777ZJ8kcO6aMTscweGFaTY4rgZ5F57M-7pX9eU1C2sWEjKdQAyDm0C7v-G_DUNtcvG29vKCHopSxzqI/s1600/IMG_1170.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-laXMbgl4M_lo-5FFj24bgbnGR9uyPWiYkn-AL-C2AMohh43mTY3wIa5k96qg777ZJ8kcO6aMTscweGFaTY4rgZ5F57M-7pX9eU1C2sWEjKdQAyDm0C7v-G_DUNtcvG29vKCHopSxzqI/s400/IMG_1170.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal">
We ended up staying in this amazing little house in a
village by a lake, where they made dinner for us completely from things grown
in their own fields and garden. Eric and Jordan had a discussion late late into
the night with this man about everything from communism under Mao to the use of
chopsticks.<o:p></o:p></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3gkh8rptp_Qs3kM7IkErKtg-gxHo8Hz6mBTPDQ_ltXuWjuHzf43e09OJgvV_ngjqNgup-aXo-EAy6WPzpo5s7cCp421a6OpyaXhMGG32Hg8UHRq433BRXwzkwDS-ktJ0nTwwxKYN3OI0/s1600/IMG_1176.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3gkh8rptp_Qs3kM7IkErKtg-gxHo8Hz6mBTPDQ_ltXuWjuHzf43e09OJgvV_ngjqNgup-aXo-EAy6WPzpo5s7cCp421a6OpyaXhMGG32Hg8UHRq433BRXwzkwDS-ktJ0nTwwxKYN3OI0/s400/IMG_1176.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;">Luke and Jordan listening to field recordings.
One more amazing thing about this trip is that with Luke’s field recorder,
we’ve been able to capture some incredible sounds from out journey which will also
be incorporated in to the music we’re making</span>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-F70LuMun2olreccPRoaKpJbnzBW54-0yxXcE7NEh85fYnc341j_3qGKoRYo5BFsN2opiTs1LNWqr25ybUf1pjRqcEwYxSq_EISUs5Z3dElzjpdMGvk7LvOQ1E6TFdgzRCc0_AvKJI0/s1600/IMG_1182.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-F70LuMun2olreccPRoaKpJbnzBW54-0yxXcE7NEh85fYnc341j_3qGKoRYo5BFsN2opiTs1LNWqr25ybUf1pjRqcEwYxSq_EISUs5Z3dElzjpdMGvk7LvOQ1E6TFdgzRCc0_AvKJI0/s400/IMG_1182.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matt at work</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimR3POHnyzOF1AzwYX-GRJHNc4HnWo8mJ7BCofJQseB0nw30FqtAlk7rUqfA9A-9kseTEbQBRgnguCAeBuoeu1J_hRhz7ifPQIZ8-jSplNZhNs148L9irHFa_XiT3pQApilEfa1tHL9pA/s1600/IMG_1194.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimR3POHnyzOF1AzwYX-GRJHNc4HnWo8mJ7BCofJQseB0nw30FqtAlk7rUqfA9A-9kseTEbQBRgnguCAeBuoeu1J_hRhz7ifPQIZ8-jSplNZhNs148L9irHFa_XiT3pQApilEfa1tHL9pA/s400/IMG_1194.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal">
When we woke in the morning, a small crowd was gathered at
their usual spot on small benches on the side of the road. They offered us
plastic stools to join them, so we did. Again, if you ever want to get invited
to do things in China, bring along a baby.<o:p></o:p></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhUBpUvZ7GjWCz6qCYYOO75bE6FwRBNU178PloTAyIE2nFR8U694ZGPAXz4zQMN_HdakTONElx5hukU00h20WmY-R8LpZz2jD1csGKi3o2OlQPnUormKIKV_6r0t8Exen4zaC7mBP7pI/s1600/IMG_1197.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhUBpUvZ7GjWCz6qCYYOO75bE6FwRBNU178PloTAyIE2nFR8U694ZGPAXz4zQMN_HdakTONElx5hukU00h20WmY-R8LpZz2jD1csGKi3o2OlQPnUormKIKV_6r0t8Exen4zaC7mBP7pI/s400/IMG_1197.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN2FjgHTIbgfYNLDH7zsjwug8R02vHDCMspH4-YGQLPqbGUiY4-ynGxQeEgBPq4-OiiDLQi2I9XMVFjPRTg7zxLKH7a28THW5z5hmonzOZijqu0NeanxB7Mm6TPnU1OLZZ3U11-EQkNXI/s1600/IMG_1201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN2FjgHTIbgfYNLDH7zsjwug8R02vHDCMspH4-YGQLPqbGUiY4-ynGxQeEgBPq4-OiiDLQi2I9XMVFjPRTg7zxLKH7a28THW5z5hmonzOZijqu0NeanxB7Mm6TPnU1OLZZ3U11-EQkNXI/s400/IMG_1201.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">babies. Anna's foot was fascinating.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivZ3a_KGmlCqsSdClfZR3kwE7_wdPF7tqXsZjgEfX36vGRE_TbcdLe8yKZdiRghoJqJPl7Ibt-EreYPJTrx_5ztvVPblsvGS5MQIPt2pNaWLx2mTA5UA1uhTloG0zfCGHm7KjU5E4nVs/s1600/IMG_1207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivZ3a_KGmlCqsSdClfZR3kwE7_wdPF7tqXsZjgEfX36vGRE_TbcdLe8yKZdiRghoJqJPl7Ibt-EreYPJTrx_5ztvVPblsvGS5MQIPt2pNaWLx2mTA5UA1uhTloG0zfCGHm7KjU5E4nVs/s400/IMG_1207.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">breakfast</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSf-gSblyEnJ40FZp4rgVhYiId3-6T9RYmWbPurTOCGPnSMR1lpJNGkYEG5wY3K-IUrNzv5r1u2dJYcxcsyc_ulIbNonHDS7ZwHMkNqVWm26Eza_RwUGH8nDwAKFZztHOpE6xDNVNDIU/s1600/IMG_1212.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiSf-gSblyEnJ40FZp4rgVhYiId3-6T9RYmWbPurTOCGPnSMR1lpJNGkYEG5wY3K-IUrNzv5r1u2dJYcxcsyc_ulIbNonHDS7ZwHMkNqVWm26Eza_RwUGH8nDwAKFZztHOpE6xDNVNDIU/s320/IMG_1212.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhziA-2e6FJ-Mxb_uH6TgdypH-GqsXKqZrgwcKCoMQ5wclhsLYbvKHoMefanb7VYt44AwstJm5paN-dkUkzc_KPi02k878krWPWHSqDIuikD_NRe0vPnsLuSltXrXxQ34l_eOz6TZF0W_o/s1600/IMG_1223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhziA-2e6FJ-Mxb_uH6TgdypH-GqsXKqZrgwcKCoMQ5wclhsLYbvKHoMefanb7VYt44AwstJm5paN-dkUkzc_KPi02k878krWPWHSqDIuikD_NRe0vPnsLuSltXrXxQ34l_eOz6TZF0W_o/s640/IMG_1223.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Things grow here. Every inch is garden.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJ1NnsldNBbU1f4anu8Og4W2vILnxtrUQtZEQxfXuKN_dT21zdAHemcrlYlaZbMy3VcnGMwanJEhr_Q0Y6wHqI66EpY1vybICgucoJd7ARpGqNW_MdGpt6OKasptHlz10CKcmbM7C_JM/s1600/IMG_1229.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJ1NnsldNBbU1f4anu8Og4W2vILnxtrUQtZEQxfXuKN_dT21zdAHemcrlYlaZbMy3VcnGMwanJEhr_Q0Y6wHqI66EpY1vybICgucoJd7ARpGqNW_MdGpt6OKasptHlz10CKcmbM7C_JM/s400/IMG_1229.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal">
We were all in awe of the gorgeous river flowing far down
below us. So we told Xiao Wang (driver) to pull on over and we jumped off the
cliffs.<o:p></o:p></div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVb7WOEc04kGXk_m7Gcjc7o9_-GymoZS5ymK4NiUNQJiRdUQXkz7l-7xLWq3Oudjjtkpfp3Xb2l5KcthrNzt7dbVivcyFW1d1Fi2fqR4Vl_vDhkuS81eDW8uY2ckOpPAvLUfjbukQMeCw/s1600/IMG_1232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVb7WOEc04kGXk_m7Gcjc7o9_-GymoZS5ymK4NiUNQJiRdUQXkz7l-7xLWq3Oudjjtkpfp3Xb2l5KcthrNzt7dbVivcyFW1d1Fi2fqR4Vl_vDhkuS81eDW8uY2ckOpPAvLUfjbukQMeCw/s640/IMG_1232.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilg-oZ51iJLInKFJSdGo2YMVe2rvIRgz1Rp3XV1tnD9LAWwlIzDOv431CKSWQ9QDcWJEY0sOO85lL-IZh4cb6bCEM93PQBsA3yJWWilPsjoYLy8IbmOHEbORggB6IMtfa-y9zkI8JC2D0/s1600/IMG_1243.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilg-oZ51iJLInKFJSdGo2YMVe2rvIRgz1Rp3XV1tnD9LAWwlIzDOv431CKSWQ9QDcWJEY0sOO85lL-IZh4cb6bCEM93PQBsA3yJWWilPsjoYLy8IbmOHEbORggB6IMtfa-y9zkI8JC2D0/s640/IMG_1243.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cathedral in the mountain village where Mao stayed for a while during the long march.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4BIaVkXX73NGz4z77OOcnMSjLOEoAZ2Z8JLn4ng_OjWUN5cGj4SUyyQ6fkAy64GMB_6Cmo-fvYVDcP7L82vFvkQMaPwWbWQGYvSsQoc3EIvbOShmV4eYalpysoHUbi1XV5QmoPOHDZ8/s1600/IMG_1247.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4BIaVkXX73NGz4z77OOcnMSjLOEoAZ2Z8JLn4ng_OjWUN5cGj4SUyyQ6fkAy64GMB_6Cmo-fvYVDcP7L82vFvkQMaPwWbWQGYvSsQoc3EIvbOShmV4eYalpysoHUbi1XV5QmoPOHDZ8/s400/IMG_1247.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">portrait of the young mao</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8NTswrK6Bu1_QLiVHpJFE2vPGzLdZslO4TJwMlu7OOWsf9TvCkeTP8NdkxtBnEytLA2gb5H4p6Qur8OMiQVyUe0spr4p8GE7-h5JIOES6wNLNtDKSeC7brc2Roi4i4PP8OhHGI0dybE/s1600/IMG_1268.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8NTswrK6Bu1_QLiVHpJFE2vPGzLdZslO4TJwMlu7OOWsf9TvCkeTP8NdkxtBnEytLA2gb5H4p6Qur8OMiQVyUe0spr4p8GE7-h5JIOES6wNLNtDKSeC7brc2Roi4i4PP8OhHGI0dybE/s640/IMG_1268.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCjh2XQEIF4qUfGyLTyci1Suzp7JBAvRAa0dzgmcTN52ZehGwgMHZb3AdKByIYY6143bfX0KvxbYdwMe_neT_dimKRbJ7R1Z7ligA974RXxaFyxKOKQdL9zsaz8vAKRCEqoKUHGUhTR4/s1600/IMG_1270.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCjh2XQEIF4qUfGyLTyci1Suzp7JBAvRAa0dzgmcTN52ZehGwgMHZb3AdKByIYY6143bfX0KvxbYdwMe_neT_dimKRbJ7R1Z7ligA974RXxaFyxKOKQdL9zsaz8vAKRCEqoKUHGUhTR4/s400/IMG_1270.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this is what stores look like</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMgv20qD1K0klhyNgEkOKu5TutrmMd-Y4Uwwk6ina1gOE4txOr9LKgQLgvsdUtnuXWmiIpp5I4YHIv5tly_wuZE-5hOe2nICbEO6bUZh7LBOgTiPTZczfd1T1Ja4InE4rH7uLpRyXgdPc/s1600/IMG_1273.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMgv20qD1K0klhyNgEkOKu5TutrmMd-Y4Uwwk6ina1gOE4txOr9LKgQLgvsdUtnuXWmiIpp5I4YHIv5tly_wuZE-5hOe2nICbEO6bUZh7LBOgTiPTZczfd1T1Ja4InE4rH7uLpRyXgdPc/s400/IMG_1273.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMJByraW2oKLqRlMoCm8Xgckd4aBDr5RJw8yHZUJSKZnXU0ErluvBW-5u74-5krww83jLJ6o1tIHQCqQZ8O-0sFUms9FbZu99G6puvGrCtsK1w8br2H0EM2g2PbKk02WEcmI8Ap2-gcs/s1600/IMG_1277.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMJByraW2oKLqRlMoCm8Xgckd4aBDr5RJw8yHZUJSKZnXU0ErluvBW-5u74-5krww83jLJ6o1tIHQCqQZ8O-0sFUms9FbZu99G6puvGrCtsK1w8br2H0EM2g2PbKk02WEcmI8Ap2-gcs/s400/IMG_1277.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFRHDLY7_SfIQ2ziBq9zuNiBd5GhobpwL-RyopgmNTT1_RmOzP6FHsdtndWPRi26d3vvQFXIu9BIDkmQH5dOeZ77qMGqW0lFK0Tj5QA_NgLW89nmWqt_z8IqzLl4uj3MFV-_ehsB1sG6Y/s1600/IMG_1278.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFRHDLY7_SfIQ2ziBq9zuNiBd5GhobpwL-RyopgmNTT1_RmOzP6FHsdtndWPRi26d3vvQFXIu9BIDkmQH5dOeZ77qMGqW0lFK0Tj5QA_NgLW89nmWqt_z8IqzLl4uj3MFV-_ehsB1sG6Y/s400/IMG_1278.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvlFuW_RIEcE-ZuKsfKZ5oStvzg3EbMXnfywub0MTePD83DjBv7ur2DHP0Q4CCzb4qXdk0ZVE3CNjvvWoH6GwPm_nM_f1jNe0S8RR-Q2W8UAl-pi6p9dlO8em7OkjDiZeJFLLJ_M69Fs/s1600/IMG_1289.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvlFuW_RIEcE-ZuKsfKZ5oStvzg3EbMXnfywub0MTePD83DjBv7ur2DHP0Q4CCzb4qXdk0ZVE3CNjvvWoH6GwPm_nM_f1jNe0S8RR-Q2W8UAl-pi6p9dlO8em7OkjDiZeJFLLJ_M69Fs/s640/IMG_1289.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;">Tibetan restaurant/room we had a delicious lunch
in in a mountain town called Moxi. Matt was pretty excited about filming this
beautiful woman making incredible food in her corner kitchen by the window. She
asked to see what he filmed. And seemed to approve</span>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhehBCjcNPsZliXwJMPkTw-GRQCN4GZyE2tzgWQuBIiGsdrpYnn2FbQOdlxlD_RxJvvqT9JG8xUe2CLMMS422bLjK4GFfC4WohlVoptfscYnHbUukv1NFfUZOHOOjadjAaMQj7_m7v74Zs/s1600/IMG_1297.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhehBCjcNPsZliXwJMPkTw-GRQCN4GZyE2tzgWQuBIiGsdrpYnn2FbQOdlxlD_RxJvvqT9JG8xUe2CLMMS422bLjK4GFfC4WohlVoptfscYnHbUukv1NFfUZOHOOjadjAaMQj7_m7v74Zs/s400/IMG_1297.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMenX-t6xLyhaweCYEK5HEknZuYhOZOTzZQdbYsKssLAu3Q6LYl0ISSSTYksgqRHWfc4Wxyt7WJcfB0pYeKK1d9mhNiS29qewrGmiYHXgD1RRAjC-hNw9valyuqwgw_Rb5qoHfqB2L0K8/s1600/IMG_1313.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMenX-t6xLyhaweCYEK5HEknZuYhOZOTzZQdbYsKssLAu3Q6LYl0ISSSTYksgqRHWfc4Wxyt7WJcfB0pYeKK1d9mhNiS29qewrGmiYHXgD1RRAjC-hNw9valyuqwgw_Rb5qoHfqB2L0K8/s640/IMG_1313.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAXoAS3H4_qBnHfZSnZ5qP7KGy6-0r5vu6v4i2ou5P126wyY6_nMunyrvfIxLStlC2HohG9KgIKSisdobRTVOY6E95S6uTz0JvfVPmcTUfde9U12PrMMFDUSl2GjXd0__0JZ8wXZy9H6E/s1600/IMG_1342.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAXoAS3H4_qBnHfZSnZ5qP7KGy6-0r5vu6v4i2ou5P126wyY6_nMunyrvfIxLStlC2HohG9KgIKSisdobRTVOY6E95S6uTz0JvfVPmcTUfde9U12PrMMFDUSl2GjXd0__0JZ8wXZy9H6E/s640/IMG_1342.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anna's always loved foggy mountain passes</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcuSjjjSFxh870e1zyvv0eCzmXSRUgjnxhmaVVx5sC4aCB_FDyc_KybepawrCbp4ABa8nV1rR7SOHd7x7zDcAsRzKJrlt1f8eruk92BKBQWw2pd8c5ch5PyDSxexr3tp2eQqi2WeqQ1Ao/s1600/IMG_1350.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcuSjjjSFxh870e1zyvv0eCzmXSRUgjnxhmaVVx5sC4aCB_FDyc_KybepawrCbp4ABa8nV1rR7SOHd7x7zDcAsRzKJrlt1f8eruk92BKBQWw2pd8c5ch5PyDSxexr3tp2eQqi2WeqQ1Ao/s640/IMG_1350.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5kDU9J26Ps2zbnCYXTTUDq6d3dqbqwQ8YRuU_NkYVsr1eTaK6bsdI3UHais0m86pO130CvoCFt9UtM2X5CcEFYHSDTDXromo9RBMMufJDetZBHZNESwLygBPNzMfUO2bw70lUCO0dhs/s1600/IMG_1355.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5kDU9J26Ps2zbnCYXTTUDq6d3dqbqwQ8YRuU_NkYVsr1eTaK6bsdI3UHais0m86pO130CvoCFt9UtM2X5CcEFYHSDTDXromo9RBMMufJDetZBHZNESwLygBPNzMfUO2bw70lUCO0dhs/s400/IMG_1355.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">i'm the king of the world. or I'm about to sneeze</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGZlPE3cbLCDRKWS3Ziv98LKBc5vQKpoqwI3TifcE3njgQnVUcOVKf0peBcxhK46vup-egodmcjzWNwqcTOPwWrj1S8ajTcKEr_PrYeeehM2lEg1u_ymsooAuoSEPO2kiKoTTXc4puAfI/s1600/IMG_1387.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGZlPE3cbLCDRKWS3Ziv98LKBc5vQKpoqwI3TifcE3njgQnVUcOVKf0peBcxhK46vup-egodmcjzWNwqcTOPwWrj1S8ajTcKEr_PrYeeehM2lEg1u_ymsooAuoSEPO2kiKoTTXc4puAfI/s640/IMG_1387.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">hostel we stayed at in Kangding, western sichuan. Not a garage</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2zCckhbWKjwEXvi4_O4t2IJVVAbju3hCcHbyOKp2Ftn1fvE67HfEgU-ndl4iOiuQ5MoxlestyQvrNJYoBGUF66HKatNGy03kM-OoymdyQjoqJPyjZ5_xYUyjXLjwLBPSFdzMSY3ufhI/s1600/IMG_1391.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2zCckhbWKjwEXvi4_O4t2IJVVAbju3hCcHbyOKp2Ftn1fvE67HfEgU-ndl4iOiuQ5MoxlestyQvrNJYoBGUF66HKatNGy03kM-OoymdyQjoqJPyjZ5_xYUyjXLjwLBPSFdzMSY3ufhI/s640/IMG_1391.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Each mountain had these at the summit. We were literally in the clouds.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_Q__xsDTwRVoQLAa8uCEqdZgt069mclt_eq4tuPOkNQMzdoWAPWK0PtDt6y4VASXfEyZvWPFTH-WccFiqEjV-HXK6che3DPQOM85I041IBYdLQsaalTnt6mC9kv5b8kfGlxJdK2TFTI/s1600/IMG_1394.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ_Q__xsDTwRVoQLAa8uCEqdZgt069mclt_eq4tuPOkNQMzdoWAPWK0PtDt6y4VASXfEyZvWPFTH-WccFiqEjV-HXK6che3DPQOM85I041IBYdLQsaalTnt6mC9kv5b8kfGlxJdK2TFTI/s640/IMG_1394.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW4SLU3nN7zKADlwikvNDzQqVEkPdP1h_DzXoM3QxJTNpO-3vW9yqifGiPtzTZpfNgOUHuBNPBRhC2-78z1FLDlQY6IX_sOTJ_S-2Y8jjJdzrg2CqV0FOoSD_EtdREudyE53QgwRUuj84/s1600/IMG_1399.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW4SLU3nN7zKADlwikvNDzQqVEkPdP1h_DzXoM3QxJTNpO-3vW9yqifGiPtzTZpfNgOUHuBNPBRhC2-78z1FLDlQY6IX_sOTJ_S-2Y8jjJdzrg2CqV0FOoSD_EtdREudyE53QgwRUuj84/s400/IMG_1399.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">oh look! A yak!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS_QQ_GJJumV33PNyUxka1OQ41D82LM4tyvFJ4A0pbE9ImQcxzUus5ehjiTIKYIgSuHNfWItQApfZlDGlRFevnYoX3Y00p2NNWc6Lj7cg0BvZKOQ1vXeDFOtY2aAOhPmFi49IbUtyoTzE/s1600/IMG_1418.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS_QQ_GJJumV33PNyUxka1OQ41D82LM4tyvFJ4A0pbE9ImQcxzUus5ehjiTIKYIgSuHNfWItQApfZlDGlRFevnYoX3Y00p2NNWc6Lj7cg0BvZKOQ1vXeDFOtY2aAOhPmFi49IbUtyoTzE/s640/IMG_1418.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little pick up game of b ball with some Tibetan Lamas (monks in training) </td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyM8jb_i0TcTaaASzeUi9rmzPLEkq6Jv10e0N4J2mU0ljG3ArMcJLnyRdrhYyD78u4Ngr5lQsQFxDRKg1ChF5YmHPwDhv3kn3TuMYgoiCmpx-FnZbthbwH_ErSRR8VEY46RQ1oLuAM7gY/s1600/IMG_1424.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyM8jb_i0TcTaaASzeUi9rmzPLEkq6Jv10e0N4J2mU0ljG3ArMcJLnyRdrhYyD78u4Ngr5lQsQFxDRKg1ChF5YmHPwDhv3kn3TuMYgoiCmpx-FnZbthbwH_ErSRR8VEY46RQ1oLuAM7gY/s400/IMG_1424.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We loved the buildings-- thick stone walls and colorful windows. Wondering how one would look in SLC were Eric and I to build our own.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUfNaLqiW5Od0zQ-aL41LEoumekreXeA6p2FoJbGUkKPKbppDL2gxysuY9ZFXIG65anI7c2Rbz4qL1R36dJ7gVEJE-aVIirbHuju9g-4v9yYZQqmxi2UDtcg0QzSLreTUi2fEcHResYSc/s1600/IMG_1455.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUfNaLqiW5Od0zQ-aL41LEoumekreXeA6p2FoJbGUkKPKbppDL2gxysuY9ZFXIG65anI7c2Rbz4qL1R36dJ7gVEJE-aVIirbHuju9g-4v9yYZQqmxi2UDtcg0QzSLreTUi2fEcHResYSc/s400/IMG_1455.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tibetan store selling goblets. First thing I thought was Gringotts.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYJQWGb5ph8eN7BY-HM_rTQ6d1jpgYiu7yb9ga9Wp_7kpMl1ic75WO66Mb21Msi7Lqn-VixP8kIUQc__MmRKP8LfD1Hccco4j1bkZSdNtj_cnXu_jiAQtWVZqHuoqp_nBGjOV8ddroYo/s1600/IMG_1458.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYJQWGb5ph8eN7BY-HM_rTQ6d1jpgYiu7yb9ga9Wp_7kpMl1ic75WO66Mb21Msi7Lqn-VixP8kIUQc__MmRKP8LfD1Hccco4j1bkZSdNtj_cnXu_jiAQtWVZqHuoqp_nBGjOV8ddroYo/s400/IMG_1458.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The men of MATTEO now all have matching tailored mandarin collared shirts. Bad pictures. But good news.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAtlqfCUqOpFn0ReI9rm500PwpVhtJSZDONYMA4Ia3CxZOhQNi5-VDjik3Z2rFb3HUu4WCg6bFe2hXTvFKcoFr_kZFCBx19CbxMtPYPVxfZukr60PDbQ-ViwaRaUtXO-ujCeQMOnywfo/s1600/IMG_1459.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkAtlqfCUqOpFn0ReI9rm500PwpVhtJSZDONYMA4Ia3CxZOhQNi5-VDjik3Z2rFb3HUu4WCg6bFe2hXTvFKcoFr_kZFCBx19CbxMtPYPVxfZukr60PDbQ-ViwaRaUtXO-ujCeQMOnywfo/s400/IMG_1459.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />MATTEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389369505820875311noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-19041177199632763322012-06-17T20:55:00.001-07:002012-06-18T08:56:03.903-07:00debut<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
*we've been on a road trip in the mountains of western sichuan for a week and a half--- yaks, misty mountains, tibetans galore, and no internet. So this is slightly belated. Pictures of the trip within a trip to be posted soon....</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAXqKfUjoDsdYLhDPlyIN4EhfpRr3-3IWhOQt2F4WLFW1DGgkfXmki_KD5wA2nZEpOl3Rjno-R1mq-E1p1VRNUXt7GBvMxckK3RSIBZJ8bxOIB8AlMkqe_Kh0hRPy0FZzFY4ASDNuTS4c/s1600/IMG_0781.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAXqKfUjoDsdYLhDPlyIN4EhfpRr3-3IWhOQt2F4WLFW1DGgkfXmki_KD5wA2nZEpOl3Rjno-R1mq-E1p1VRNUXt7GBvMxckK3RSIBZJ8bxOIB8AlMkqe_Kh0hRPy0FZzFY4ASDNuTS4c/s320/IMG_0781.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">June 6<sup>th</sup> is a day that will go down in MATTEO history. If
there is such a thing. Tonight was our debut performance in Chengdu China, and
none of us had any idea how it would go. The posters for the event, made kindly
for us by our hosts here at the university, were completely amazing. One
massive pipa (the lute-like one) hovering over three small pictures of us with
the title “CHINESE TRADITIONAL FOLK ORCHESTRA VS. INDIE BAND MATTEO”. We are glad they included the folk orchestra,
since we invited members of it to perform with us. We did not, however, know it
was to be a battle. Or that the posters wouldn’t be finished until this
afternoon.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">About 6 we started our last rehearsal in our cramped dorm stuffed with
recording equipment and spilling over with food and clothes and things
evidencing our past weeks of life within those four walls. Matt came in to
film. Then Zheng Han showed up to make sure things were “decorated well” in the
performance room. And then a minute later Jean showed up with a huge box of
waters and a nice man we’d never met who was to be our announcer for the
evening. Our dorms are about as big as a walk in closet, but we continued
playing in the now crowded room. And then Eric broke a string. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Zhenghan was immediately on the phone calling someone to come give us a
ride to the likely already closed music stores. I went to go into our room to
feed Anna and change her diaper, but the door wouldn’t open. We hadn’t locked
it, but it was somehow now locked with both our keys inside. Not to mention
diapers and the cd’s we needed in a few minutes. So we run down to the front
desk and the maid comes up. Tries the door, yep. Locked. She uses her key,
nothing. So we’re left standing in the hall with three women trying to make
Anna smile by putting their faces all within four inches of hers. Another maid
is called up. She tries the door. Locked. It must be broken. “Please rest in
the other room,” she tells me, pointing to Luke and Jordan’s room that currently
looks like a Chinese subway at rush hour.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The other performers are carrying instruments in, and we can hear them
tuning and practicing their numbers. So
we do go back into Jordan and Luke’s room where they’re still practicing,
trying to make sure we actually know and remember parts to these new songs
we’ve recorded, but never really played with each other all together.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">More and more people begin wandering down our hall and into the
performance space. Looks like the chairs we set up were not enough. Luckily I’d
grabbed both violin and erhu out of our locked room, so erhu on back and soggy
bottomed babe in arms, I too made my way down the hall and across the crowded
room to tune up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">“We’re having someone climb up the wall and through your window!” a maid
tells me with a smile, then offers to hold Anna while I go watch. Sure enough,
there is a man climbing up the bricks to the second story window. And then our door is open. Things get done in China.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The actual concert was without a doubt the best all-around concert we’ve ever had. I don't employ superlatives often. But it was simply fantastic. Looking out on so many chinese faces so obviously thrilled to be listening
to what you are playing, so surprisingly proud their instruments are being used
in this way, so enthusiastic in their applause, it was sweet as candy (really
good, not too-sweet-Asian candy). Every other number was a solo by members of
the folk orchestra. And each was terrific.
They would finish, we’d look at each other with big smiles, then we’d
take a turn. Everyone seemed so excited to hear what was coming next. Back and
forth. Everything about the show felt right and good and happy. Synergy is the
word that comes to mind. This is why. These moments of so many people feeling
such joy all together and appreciating the beauty and fun of the instruments is
the end goal of what we do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">When we finished the last song, people literally stood from their wooden
chairs and shouted “Encore! Encore!” in chorus. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">So China has met
MATTEO now I guess. And they really get along well.</span>MATTEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389369505820875311noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-26105019103349573752012-06-08T08:00:00.000-07:002012-06-08T08:03:59.635-07:00Wooden Fish<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjswJInDFCX5NklUSooAL-Z9VXufptL9I7ek6nXCqU31KzGehn-YAmlJeXIDNVWu0SDZ_xVGI1XZy-hVbKpzOC61xp5lfz4-jZjFmyICUx49lCd3Qu24bmCrmIj6ShhO4k9leUmiK0sAyyg/s1600/IMG_3457.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjswJInDFCX5NklUSooAL-Z9VXufptL9I7ek6nXCqU31KzGehn-YAmlJeXIDNVWu0SDZ_xVGI1XZy-hVbKpzOC61xp5lfz4-jZjFmyICUx49lCd3Qu24bmCrmIj6ShhO4k9leUmiK0sAyyg/s400/IMG_3457.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
Yesterday I got to set up the microphones in a big empty room (resulting in some very serendipitous reverb) and record this giant red drum for a couple of our new songs. In addition, we sampled a bunch of traditional Chinese percussion: brash gongs, little cymbals, paired bells. Yu Si, our resident traditional Chinese drummer and new friend, told me that one particular little red-painted clip-clop noise-maker was called "wooden fish," and I recognized the character for "wood." We had him record a beat we'd written for one song. It's a song that switches back and forth between 3-bar and 4-bar phrases, which is hard to communicate even without a language barrier. He did it wonderfully, in just a few takes.<br />
<br />
Chinese music education (like most Western classical education) doesn't put much emphasis on improvisation, so when Chip asked Yu Si to "just listen to this next song and play around, see if you can come up with something," he responded skeptically, "...play around?" Being someone whose musical education has consisted largely of playing around, I ended up on the big drum for that song, which was a treat.<br />
<br />
The real treat of this week, though, was getting to watch these college students perform traditional pieces at our "Chinese Folk Orchestra vs. American Indie Folk Band" concert (not our title -- that's what the University put on the posters). It was a really special night for us. They play these instruments so masterfully, and getting to share a stage with them was an experience we won't soon forget.<br />
<br />
--LukeLuke Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04856489754408437874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-86324607277945592832012-06-03T11:06:00.001-07:002012-06-03T11:06:12.813-07:00Like Sesame "Candy"Like any kind of art-making, recording can feel like magic. Instruments can fall like snow, together, into a rolling white drift that settles where it needs to settle and shifts where it needs to shift. We've had sessions like that on this trip -- in one, Jordan and I set up the microphones, hit record, and just up and played a fantastic version of a fairly technical song that, until that point, neither of us had ever actually gotten through successfully.<br />
<br />
Today, recording was like trying to chew the tar-textured sesame candy that old men advertise (and cut pieces of) in the streets of Chengdu with tink-tink-thock chisels. We spent hours and hours trying to record one very simple song together, with minimal and hard-won success. It was exhausting and crushing and the only thing left to do now is to go to sleep and hope for snow tomorrow.<br />
<br />
In other news, Tiger in a Jar arrived this afternoon, slightly bleary-eyed, and we dragged them to an absolutely incredible rehearsal of the Sichuan University's folk orchestra (folk music in China does not mean the same thing as folk music elsewhere, by the by. Their "folk" music is like our classical music in its scope and technical demand, it's just played on traditional eastern instruments). Wonderful music aside, it was worth going just to watch and listen to the conductor, who danced around like he was conjuring something, and smiled the most charismatic and constant of smiles.<br />
<br />
--Luke<br />
<br />
p.s. Jordan likes that sesame stuff and I think he will not approve of my metaphor.Luke Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04856489754408437874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-21846622071292981902012-06-01T22:53:00.002-07:002012-06-23T00:10:24.353-07:00Halfway Point<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Today makes just about halfway for myself on this trip. Most days as of late consist of lessons on our respective instruments in the morning. Instruments we have had lessons on thus far include: Erhu (two stringed Chinese violin, Brinn plays this one in the band a fair amount), Guzheng (a prominent furnishing of MATTEO concerts), and LiuQin (a new addition to the band, something like a Chinese mandolin). In addition to lessons we have had crash courses with limited success on Dizi or 'Chinese Bamboo Flute' and Pipa or 'Chinese Lute'. Sunday there will be another crash course on Sheng, which is like a panpipe on steroids. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> Usually we walk off campus after lessons to get some food. I can only speak for myself, but I alternate between ordering the hottest things on the menu, then hours later wishing I hadn't, then ordering the same thing somewhere else next meal. We play music together in our dormitory. We have two rooms one has quite a lot of baby stuff, the other has a lot of rented instruments and recording equipment. The usual jamming suspects consist of myself, Chip, and Luke. Brinn is usually next door. Sometimes with a happy baby. Sometimes with a.... baby. Anna got a shot before the trip, so she has been a little more fussy than usual. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> As of yesterday and this morning, the main thing we are bringing back as souvenirs are a bunch of books very interesting and very specific to us. I'm trying my hand to read the Ancient Chinese Music Encyclopedia. I'll move on to the books on Theoretical Analyzations of Chinese music and another on Chinese Music History next. Luke's purchase no-less practical: a two-volume manual on the GuQin, the most ancient of chinese instruments. These books are copies of a handwritten Zither music notation that takes a lot of deciphering from natives, let alone Chip, Brinn, myself, and let alone Luke. And then there's the three volumes that Chip just bought this morning: the Great Illustrated Classic versions of Chinese classics. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">-Jordan</span>MATTEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389369505820875311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-43960091914937791742012-06-01T07:47:00.000-07:002012-06-01T07:47:08.801-07:00Update from field. by Eric. <br />
<br />
I have been taken lesson's on the Liuqin (Small Mandolin/Lute-esque instrument) with a teacher named Mu Xue Liang (Snow Good Mu). He is a really nice guy, but he sure takes his Liuqin technique seriously. Our first two hour lesson was quite literally plucking open strings. Before we started these lesson I said, purely as a joke, that I wished our teachers didn't even let us touch the instruments until we had learned some sort of zen moral lesson about pride or patience by carrying around a bag of rocks until they become smooth or something along those lines. Of all the members of Matteo I seemed to get the closest to that. All my years of playing guitar, mandolin, banjo and the like seemed to offer me no assistance. I can't think of one thing I did right that first lesson --not even holding the pic. "Hold the pic like a Tiger holds it's cub, gentle but firm. Don't kill it," Xue Liang says to me. I start to play my chromatic scale again. "See. You are killing it!" "I can't kill a pic Xue Liang, it is a piece of plastic!" I respond. He looks me in the eye, "Yes, but you can kill the sound." That is probably the best description how I have been spending my time the last week, just hanging out in Chengdu, China mass murdering innocent sounds.<br />
The painfully ironic thing about it is I chose to do the lessons on the Liuqin because I thought it would be the easiest for me to learn in the few weeks we are here because of my background in Mandolin. Now, after a week of two hour lessons I am still plucking open strings. And just starting to stumble through a simple folk song aptly called, " Golden Snake Dancing Crazy." (my own translation) The folk players only use what they call simple notation which revolves purely around the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;"><em style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">Do</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;">-</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;"><em style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">re-mi-fa</em></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;">- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;"><em style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">so </em></span>which I am also very unfamiliar with, next to every other unfamiliar thing about the music. At the end of every lesson I sort sit and think, "Wasn't I sort of good at music before this?" <br />
<br />
Luckily, every afternoon and night has been spent doing what I am slightly more able to accomplish: creating music. I hadn't written a song in over a year up to this point, and being the principal song writer in the band that wasn't boding well for the future of Matteo. But coming here and being able to focus for just a few weeks on just one endeavor has really helped me open up that fickle vault of inspiration, and because I know this time is limited I'm looting the place...<br />
<br />
We are all excited to show you all what we are creating. Thank you again to all who helped us make this a possibility. Hopefully you all enjoy the product as much as we have enjoyed the process. MATTEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389369505820875311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-11547465700048695812012-05-31T06:01:00.000-07:002012-06-23T00:13:12.684-07:00things new<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEvs910m8bnZ146n8UtyTRC8PuUbtGQCBKMRocVnc07H3824kbyhNLGrAk_cFKOQCkhu3pIqQgWhzCp2zuMAtMTNOlHSas72cj-z8IDlenq4A0t7cCj3UHTi6ELtYpoZGMM57pPX2oeyQ/s1600/IMG_0934.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEvs910m8bnZ146n8UtyTRC8PuUbtGQCBKMRocVnc07H3824kbyhNLGrAk_cFKOQCkhu3pIqQgWhzCp2zuMAtMTNOlHSas72cj-z8IDlenq4A0t7cCj3UHTi6ELtYpoZGMM57pPX2oeyQ/s640/IMG_0934.jpg" width="480" /></a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">thing new #1</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We audited a Chinese Music history class, taught on the new Sichuan University Campus, a 40 minute drive across town.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggW8ErU0lqs9SKsbEVByu4H8LMEzoz5jeIoXkugTQrxdeWfvfw7W7u22OWYDHsK7mEB10Rza4FbOQe8zprdBqLN4344IfI_RAoCdaYSvDhulzt3Foud5q11DBT8DGQmYBRa7RT8RkbGPE/s1600/IMG_0938.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggW8ErU0lqs9SKsbEVByu4H8LMEzoz5jeIoXkugTQrxdeWfvfw7W7u22OWYDHsK7mEB10Rza4FbOQe8zprdBqLN4344IfI_RAoCdaYSvDhulzt3Foud5q11DBT8DGQmYBRa7RT8RkbGPE/s400/IMG_0938.JPG" width="400" /></a> Anna seemed to enjoy her first college course. And the scene, minus blackboards filled with chinese characters, was quite similar to our college classes--most students sat on the back row texting and listening to music, one teacher's pet sat on the front row and helped with AV, and none of them seemed nearly as interested in the subject matter as the professor wished them to be.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-x5UCXpyCTyxsbg9nMF3yEy5beEY6PK1-dYLcWq-5Xlk59jGH1bORjDey7zwwARIjhVafSowJNUP2K3WRkcRZ3sIv_8y8UYuQa9W71Vh3MEnghH4fPsvjtfusaIF8sgsPKG3Hu5fOlk/s1600/IMG_0940.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-x5UCXpyCTyxsbg9nMF3yEy5beEY6PK1-dYLcWq-5Xlk59jGH1bORjDey7zwwARIjhVafSowJNUP2K3WRkcRZ3sIv_8y8UYuQa9W71Vh3MEnghH4fPsvjtfusaIF8sgsPKG3Hu5fOlk/s400/IMG_0940.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9bX4MdHuevfywp8J1IQClsMusiUTkzSocAeL5JQ-JQSweWOMO7b7P3ZkPJ64rVODSF_WTtIiXwAs7J1fyl7u_4VFXa8BtnT2lhD1TjOs6YoB3Uo6urER-ryvS5ymrMIYneuEWTmGbC4/s1600/IMG_0941.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9bX4MdHuevfywp8J1IQClsMusiUTkzSocAeL5JQ-JQSweWOMO7b7P3ZkPJ64rVODSF_WTtIiXwAs7J1fyl7u_4VFXa8BtnT2lhD1TjOs6YoB3Uo6urER-ryvS5ymrMIYneuEWTmGbC4/s400/IMG_0941.JPG" width="400" /></a> This chair belongs to the University, ok?</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8DKB5ff6vxlqdTJnjxXMwI3psKG5HLGZnVVIW20w2CNS-VC9-wM1TOlDjjhX4mUuSxPhtXXrI6DSfRm9eLHfXRrWhnWSGF3fCJJ3DM3lwvoz-FjcWxCW-QCiGghwcJbb_Em7oToCWGc/s1600/IMG_0942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8DKB5ff6vxlqdTJnjxXMwI3psKG5HLGZnVVIW20w2CNS-VC9-wM1TOlDjjhX4mUuSxPhtXXrI6DSfRm9eLHfXRrWhnWSGF3fCJJ3DM3lwvoz-FjcWxCW-QCiGghwcJbb_Em7oToCWGc/s320/IMG_0942.jpg" width="240" /></a>We got to watch clips of some pretty classic Chinese films as part of class.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7MwWnfOd6aUIJLfaBs-TrnzEejI7VeKV26c8LyG42WdrlfFs_ICBi6_vA2R2cEz1fuZhpQkvHQ7lf3l4aej-owy4GaLxfyYSyY4OIsZ78IessXkFlL8lhR3O9eWmGRGFCWoGZiSct0WI/s1600/IMG_0943.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7MwWnfOd6aUIJLfaBs-TrnzEejI7VeKV26c8LyG42WdrlfFs_ICBi6_vA2R2cEz1fuZhpQkvHQ7lf3l4aej-owy4GaLxfyYSyY4OIsZ78IessXkFlL8lhR3O9eWmGRGFCWoGZiSct0WI/s400/IMG_0943.JPG" width="400" /></a> Roof-gardens.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_UtxEyXy8Ujc7NPHm2aWsUUuRudU6L308mbRkXaNjKRzQ6MNkEh1EvAzZiTe7Z6qajiEgCoCHhrD4GiuOGKlCbyiCGmJMJKFfRrxv3xurPdHhYI5t3ufKDehy6qSO4ASd_iAZDF2bZh0/s1600/IMG_0944.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_UtxEyXy8Ujc7NPHm2aWsUUuRudU6L308mbRkXaNjKRzQ6MNkEh1EvAzZiTe7Z6qajiEgCoCHhrD4GiuOGKlCbyiCGmJMJKFfRrxv3xurPdHhYI5t3ufKDehy6qSO4ASd_iAZDF2bZh0/s640/IMG_0944.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAlY_awd7aoV4C2_8kQOFBgyzN5Qv__ilZZEnJjQeeh-2l6aTSjWNCh6BIC2_1triaO2pGj5o5iiCI4VRV-CLRe8MH-i9w6ovNh2lHQUDDwCYew5-eob8N35iDSP_cEe6_X-H0QvaVSjY/s1600/IMG_0946.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAlY_awd7aoV4C2_8kQOFBgyzN5Qv__ilZZEnJjQeeh-2l6aTSjWNCh6BIC2_1triaO2pGj5o5iiCI4VRV-CLRe8MH-i9w6ovNh2lHQUDDwCYew5-eob8N35iDSP_cEe6_X-H0QvaVSjY/s640/IMG_0946.jpg" width="480" /></a> Rickshaws do indeed still exist here and are used by many to get around the large campus.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Ru7X9C7nsZHnfA-PKfGBF-v9P7jTClhuHGFldVD_6KxXRuHHkH0JNG1HjMjGqFBUMGZc2CESwctsIE-gRn9ryhVT277_zcRtajXUAE48ioj5VxzQuntYbuwLCpGuEE5df8ssRkExZus/s1600/IMG_0950.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Ru7X9C7nsZHnfA-PKfGBF-v9P7jTClhuHGFldVD_6KxXRuHHkH0JNG1HjMjGqFBUMGZc2CESwctsIE-gRn9ryhVT277_zcRtajXUAE48ioj5VxzQuntYbuwLCpGuEE5df8ssRkExZus/s640/IMG_0950.jpg" width="480" /></a> The little emperor. Oh. And his mom.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyOm-UFNfRP9aPBUwEbzUf5b5yK8AKdhuB2x1S_UV_ksILeYpETGEaZUQz7hmm6F-nSnycizhbMIPB44_gpIRtXnRNtTSXoE54n9fHgvZRmFotr2ovxYDMerB4wGHFLDL-Fqfeo7EBZ-s/s1600/IMG_0963.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyOm-UFNfRP9aPBUwEbzUf5b5yK8AKdhuB2x1S_UV_ksILeYpETGEaZUQz7hmm6F-nSnycizhbMIPB44_gpIRtXnRNtTSXoE54n9fHgvZRmFotr2ovxYDMerB4wGHFLDL-Fqfeo7EBZ-s/s400/IMG_0963.jpg" width="300" /></a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">thing new # 2 </span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Lessons are going well for all of us. Every day from 9:00-11:00 you will find us hard at work mastering new techniques. Well, mastering may be too kind. Becoming aware of our poor technique and drilled on eastern ones. We are lucky to have a whole slew of wonderful teachers with wonderful names. This is my teacher Melody--post erhu lesson and wanting to hold baby.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMppE93ZwyGZkBcJ3JrHfoxcXBjbDc8s9y-fV9cHupD_ruQ3vnuqrL-ifEiMiYqh2l-Mqj6S7K40Gx__S8HUB7tn5P7cD-Wx-AvIwX0gqWxwK_wc37E0Opn85QpAMi1ZpH2YLLag8jYY/s1600/IMG_0965.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMppE93ZwyGZkBcJ3JrHfoxcXBjbDc8s9y-fV9cHupD_ruQ3vnuqrL-ifEiMiYqh2l-Mqj6S7K40Gx__S8HUB7tn5P7cD-Wx-AvIwX0gqWxwK_wc37E0Opn85QpAMi1ZpH2YLLag8jYY/s640/IMG_0965.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaaprJJgrR1PYq7LL_dl7JloRKph41YRpa7sV5_s6-tFEJcNkR0Vug4jclV3LSpDI139itR6qcZwwZXSbTcTPzWyLfIg0QXBjD8lGrzEcwcC_ZINsJcgznTga-mRrvbpQaazIRNG46xkM/s1600/IMG_0967.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaaprJJgrR1PYq7LL_dl7JloRKph41YRpa7sV5_s6-tFEJcNkR0Vug4jclV3LSpDI139itR6qcZwwZXSbTcTPzWyLfIg0QXBjD8lGrzEcwcC_ZINsJcgznTga-mRrvbpQaazIRNG46xkM/s400/IMG_0967.JPG" width="400" /></a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">thing new #3</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We discovered a restaurant where you pick what you want from bins on the street and put it all in a bowl. Said bowl is then dumped into a net in a huge boiling pot. When it's ready, they pour it back in the bowl along with some of the scalding hot-sauce-numb-your-mouth-and-throat-soup concoction it was cooked in. Not the most sanitary literal hole in the wall we've ever eaten at, but man that stuff was flavorful.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnA7gz5anaZgOrzrYM1syH9jsZefyACRv12cblqmOwv5q3klE7aqq9SjG8U4igS0LM_vOtkx0byRTfdoVRxazyWbzC6hBQooiwPc_gX2y6PWbrqzTW1cpv8-yzL6TtL7UWmT-vuRRm1Y/s1600/IMG_0972.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnA7gz5anaZgOrzrYM1syH9jsZefyACRv12cblqmOwv5q3klE7aqq9SjG8U4igS0LM_vOtkx0byRTfdoVRxazyWbzC6hBQooiwPc_gX2y6PWbrqzTW1cpv8-yzL6TtL7UWmT-vuRRm1Y/s400/IMG_0972.JPG" width="400" /></a>yep.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRG3xOo9WxJvigL_l8loMHnoXRXkCX1BDe1uvpc_i2BQlSrNxpDHgzdk6JI_OhZ5WiJi7v0d5he-czj3YmTtRQMRcI2f2wDz1vMwkMw8fJzj4DBWng5UNAbjne-b2YqwBRqt1AanPg46g/s1600/IMG_0977.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRG3xOo9WxJvigL_l8loMHnoXRXkCX1BDe1uvpc_i2BQlSrNxpDHgzdk6JI_OhZ5WiJi7v0d5he-czj3YmTtRQMRcI2f2wDz1vMwkMw8fJzj4DBWng5UNAbjne-b2YqwBRqt1AanPg46g/s400/IMG_0977.jpg" width="400" /></a>The table of spices that went into the boil boil toil and trouble pot.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGeezy9LOyk3I6_t1bp-b5aKvIsporj9DT1caHosTSCLI26AVma_gAoNWK6GT2OlNzcw9ODPopSiTVCvYfflWrEn6N0xNPnTLZBF2i1-xK85kF5lU70Qib18tdaTKr6QRPsRb9w4btsjc/s1600/IMG_0978.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGeezy9LOyk3I6_t1bp-b5aKvIsporj9DT1caHosTSCLI26AVma_gAoNWK6GT2OlNzcw9ODPopSiTVCvYfflWrEn6N0xNPnTLZBF2i1-xK85kF5lU70Qib18tdaTKr6QRPsRb9w4btsjc/s640/IMG_0978.JPG" width="640" /></a>choices...</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BXm5llu1tne2CFTlDUVjO2mKAhxq75UQrrlcKhTQgsqBz1jYvOE1Ry2B_xshYjIcFkyS-G2_uDxq_bJ3QTh_qVekmYgncEgYCcp1R029N3GPytlbrS47hc2uMZypJ1rX4R5owGIutjA/s1600/IMG_0980.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BXm5llu1tne2CFTlDUVjO2mKAhxq75UQrrlcKhTQgsqBz1jYvOE1Ry2B_xshYjIcFkyS-G2_uDxq_bJ3QTh_qVekmYgncEgYCcp1R029N3GPytlbrS47hc2uMZypJ1rX4R5owGIutjA/s400/IMG_0980.jpg" width="300" /></a> Net to bowl in 2.3 seconds. And yes, that is a car. There are three walls on most chinese restaurants. Who needs four, really.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVG9hKZ-0trYfBKmXZWvhvv7jSpnIV1u9wh0tFjRnLRbzf2zTguNNUa9PtFfAkC_eRUgJsDWBoGCsSx8lUCPC3VpY-dmBQhcsUHn3og0Eu5ZTwSK60FfopwCw1GgjB7xvo-4PA0bCOBU/s1600/IMG_0981.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVG9hKZ-0trYfBKmXZWvhvv7jSpnIV1u9wh0tFjRnLRbzf2zTguNNUa9PtFfAkC_eRUgJsDWBoGCsSx8lUCPC3VpY-dmBQhcsUHn3og0Eu5ZTwSK60FfopwCw1GgjB7xvo-4PA0bCOBU/s400/IMG_0981.JPG" width="400" /></a>Serve your own rice and warm beverage. Is there even such thing as a too-big rice cooker? I think not.</div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3N2mX7sAe3NyPebjTvmiY4MUQ7WSwAh6MxhfqDhklEK2syj030PJLpLCC11CfqavDfIi42gowvkbMvbKAx048z8pU2nZpXqOwAGupJ0OJy2oh0m5Uc9yy4mdKuFWujM-LH_nUAyAi0M/s1600/IMG_0983.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3N2mX7sAe3NyPebjTvmiY4MUQ7WSwAh6MxhfqDhklEK2syj030PJLpLCC11CfqavDfIi42gowvkbMvbKAx048z8pU2nZpXqOwAGupJ0OJy2oh0m5Uc9yy4mdKuFWujM-LH_nUAyAi0M/s400/IMG_0983.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcqWq8SFZr0Ntjo71uXB1tnnp9q6vg1d9JU9ZCFBZA4q1rSxzR54zCppxqJzBZ0SkHYeTRkMPQsNVKDKiGW2WAkEQdLIRJAt0l2lEQV6iVwrWNhcmDEd6XWpuSIMb2xWMUGyRrCpWaEE/s1600/IMG_0984.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNcqWq8SFZr0Ntjo71uXB1tnnp9q6vg1d9JU9ZCFBZA4q1rSxzR54zCppxqJzBZ0SkHYeTRkMPQsNVKDKiGW2WAkEQdLIRJAt0l2lEQV6iVwrWNhcmDEd6XWpuSIMb2xWMUGyRrCpWaEE/s400/IMG_0984.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
--brinn</div>
<br />MATTEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389369505820875311noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-23467273826062257482012-05-30T06:46:00.000-07:002012-05-30T10:14:50.192-07:00highlights from Luke's camera & sketchbook (first two weeks)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOLdrquBJFk3AI8qB7CLYInmkpRrCCWRXWLlitBMR5Ek-Ubj_kkaqbz8c3hFQb4wRKTHO_lBNOePRHoN0XyaEG5CXm6460ejvqwYR8DoDBQ-e0ZCmI0AV6Sutborkjgt2ZfGrGVJZVZg/s1600/IMG_2629.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOLdrquBJFk3AI8qB7CLYInmkpRrCCWRXWLlitBMR5Ek-Ubj_kkaqbz8c3hFQb4wRKTHO_lBNOePRHoN0XyaEG5CXm6460ejvqwYR8DoDBQ-e0ZCmI0AV6Sutborkjgt2ZfGrGVJZVZg/s400/IMG_2629.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I took this picture on my first day in Chengdu. The fog/smog/mist/rain here is strange and wonderful and ever-present.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThVviKPYBE-y73tRroJsJtBFLavR46DntWwFCNLR6BIPOSgXaeLTIauJbLalZXENPlhnvnpt74ddXEO4rQfxgLcDQnIQcXVAWKYirse7NzJJZZgmjd4NJ6BFMeC9UTjWtCC9AmZ9UlJ0/s1600/IMG_2655.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThVviKPYBE-y73tRroJsJtBFLavR46DntWwFCNLR6BIPOSgXaeLTIauJbLalZXENPlhnvnpt74ddXEO4rQfxgLcDQnIQcXVAWKYirse7NzJJZZgmjd4NJ6BFMeC9UTjWtCC9AmZ9UlJ0/s400/IMG_2655.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6X0l3fsJbJkOpncnwGNUIXpAznV_UM6XZkDuFq-4jMBLHRrKK_eMFlSiUdCR-ByQw_nrlmi-V37XUGfvxaWalYBxnYudhbJGksyO7AjeU144iFVlP8pv7LAzCfVfPb2U-jJdqEvqdkmI/s1600/IMG_3277.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6X0l3fsJbJkOpncnwGNUIXpAznV_UM6XZkDuFq-4jMBLHRrKK_eMFlSiUdCR-ByQw_nrlmi-V37XUGfvxaWalYBxnYudhbJGksyO7AjeU144iFVlP8pv7LAzCfVfPb2U-jJdqEvqdkmI/s400/IMG_3277.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jordan and I went to a really great solo Pipa performance.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcmFy9t6S0MRsMENpSpvFyJ6_08Qh3f8xOERGqsqxihAnVpeBInL5-14s2nM5PQy84xcpfD6B2s1eYfpd4XteYE4XRottznRs60IQu4-YZwmDLLsvZTweku66Ae-JgSQ-I3aa9LDKAxDg/s1600/IMG_2818.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcmFy9t6S0MRsMENpSpvFyJ6_08Qh3f8xOERGqsqxihAnVpeBInL5-14s2nM5PQy84xcpfD6B2s1eYfpd4XteYE4XRottznRs60IQu4-YZwmDLLsvZTweku66Ae-JgSQ-I3aa9LDKAxDg/s400/IMG_2818.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We visited an ancient minority village (now tourist-ified) called HuangLong Xi. We don't know if the water from that fountain was supposed to actually make it into the cauldron or not.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDasIgxOtoxRE2V2YqEcz9IFWXxOqUQCjTTa8_f3bT3qN74oDa5msweELHCWjgqMicXkIoSEQgIY_qlRXKDf7O4FQIpr9jBB2gysPvOtzDh2w1OcwYqHPViPKSxjBw08hGhSnVwXAV2AM/s1600/IMG_2832.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDasIgxOtoxRE2V2YqEcz9IFWXxOqUQCjTTa8_f3bT3qN74oDa5msweELHCWjgqMicXkIoSEQgIY_qlRXKDf7O4FQIpr9jBB2gysPvOtzDh2w1OcwYqHPViPKSxjBw08hGhSnVwXAV2AM/s400/IMG_2832.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_TehsGJ6JeyDL70ryvIHmwtbCjj2L5bx3ko9pr4-M60FBV9NU-bPZyu0-hSV23lL_42P7o-S8pvHpFRynNecTacM0xDeH6Fr0t2s7WkAdFwmTcXMNqIyY-9M-7IcLiVtouu_cfeY3Qo/s1600/IMG_2995.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_TehsGJ6JeyDL70ryvIHmwtbCjj2L5bx3ko9pr4-M60FBV9NU-bPZyu0-hSV23lL_42P7o-S8pvHpFRynNecTacM0xDeH6Fr0t2s7WkAdFwmTcXMNqIyY-9M-7IcLiVtouu_cfeY3Qo/s400/IMG_2995.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jordan playing an instrument called Da Ruan (Big Ruan). This is a fitting and descriptive name.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC7B5ceo2nFBihep0_MSB1mooTgE8oHWqltbiQynqZ2AROWFDTCdVVOADTGmKcxuIsuVvt3SWS5PZww8OEwi3klfw8zD0p-7VowVtZcJyzzuzWLVXz3ia2HAxdkLF8UgT4DDTFDF2ZNx0/s1600/IMG_3223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC7B5ceo2nFBihep0_MSB1mooTgE8oHWqltbiQynqZ2AROWFDTCdVVOADTGmKcxuIsuVvt3SWS5PZww8OEwi3klfw8zD0p-7VowVtZcJyzzuzWLVXz3ia2HAxdkLF8UgT4DDTFDF2ZNx0/s400/IMG_3223.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The very first night of recording! (That's my unmade bed. The ~150 square foot room that Jordan and I share is also our recording studio. It's pretty cozy.)</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_pwMgOB98U52HYYa8pX4tZuDSU9Xlop3ywhonsFnD7zbj_ON-R83A5BrUPdxfeKqJHMGDtjdw91sR_NtKSf-vC8AAKRGHGv4I4rOIcp9GfOCxq1nLfzsmm39JYNxUl0uYIBOFdBN5E-c/s1600/IMG_3203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_pwMgOB98U52HYYa8pX4tZuDSU9Xlop3ywhonsFnD7zbj_ON-R83A5BrUPdxfeKqJHMGDtjdw91sR_NtKSf-vC8AAKRGHGv4I4rOIcp9GfOCxq1nLfzsmm39JYNxUl0uYIBOFdBN5E-c/s400/IMG_3203.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkJB7CP0lJ9beb15etnO5GaliHDa31H1xidzvs4WlfOL3YZpUNhYuDKpH9wkv3QbbLo1reRMyc5rezCoehZMzeLCXD4TrVxi296XF9tTC7T0kisyFBywCGOGkO2Uu-c2FyJ1jC2-tl58/s1600/IMG_3166.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZkJB7CP0lJ9beb15etnO5GaliHDa31H1xidzvs4WlfOL3YZpUNhYuDKpH9wkv3QbbLo1reRMyc5rezCoehZMzeLCXD4TrVxi296XF9tTC7T0kisyFBywCGOGkO2Uu-c2FyJ1jC2-tl58/s400/IMG_3166.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjO1tP5OMJQ0c0Oz3GKx_6C9DQST75FNacYx68zpsPPCd0oDQJMieJ2Yb7qpJ5M51W3dnOmBsLxym6WfgfzNfK4m5CQrN11rZhwNP85ep7FKCAAgtwlaHnujg5fjdp1p-iFDo2TKhZKw4/s1600/IMG_3190.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjO1tP5OMJQ0c0Oz3GKx_6C9DQST75FNacYx68zpsPPCd0oDQJMieJ2Yb7qpJ5M51W3dnOmBsLxym6WfgfzNfK4m5CQrN11rZhwNP85ep7FKCAAgtwlaHnujg5fjdp1p-iFDo2TKhZKw4/s400/IMG_3190.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho86fhJ8F4qhoZr2G-s-R7Hl5X08JEs0aD4fE-8yh9w0MxLASX_6PpFkeFRNwTNXBUif0zqM3ylMRGpfvSbfLsyeChOz50ASCQMq1eEXrK-jpUqR2Jh1SawBu1JTsdWJT9Tew6nkSmsu4/s1600/IMG_3269.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho86fhJ8F4qhoZr2G-s-R7Hl5X08JEs0aD4fE-8yh9w0MxLASX_6PpFkeFRNwTNXBUif0zqM3ylMRGpfvSbfLsyeChOz50ASCQMq1eEXrK-jpUqR2Jh1SawBu1JTsdWJT9Tew6nkSmsu4/s400/IMG_3269.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqR35cfamIkZXNghoz9OjG4Uw_nXWWKNkilkGMXplsqBG4bDTuqkP0X_ZjXP41XvbvxUaIYkalkiwggj2W4gVYHmphx8X28yvaRWA-KguLooKMXKuTLKgKJGZRRetjOeWoc4QO_xDpe0/s1600/IMG_3275.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqR35cfamIkZXNghoz9OjG4Uw_nXWWKNkilkGMXplsqBG4bDTuqkP0X_ZjXP41XvbvxUaIYkalkiwggj2W4gVYHmphx8X28yvaRWA-KguLooKMXKuTLKgKJGZRRetjOeWoc4QO_xDpe0/s400/IMG_3275.JPG" width="300" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
</div>MATTEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389369505820875311noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-1540246163632743492012-05-27T20:30:00.001-07:002012-05-27T20:58:25.448-07:00yesterday, in Chengdu<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSm36UzgkcPNmbPu9ygzlzFdgZkjdgSwFPxhMPZbJeuVgX4Fd-Vz71xR53s3YaHvxh53nNU507ZF0xUnset6FTDTaG0SBTQyWdL-m_wsvmlql66RaFK5OZRViUHgUCwiI0HIVN9jpnz0/s1600/IMG_0716.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSm36UzgkcPNmbPu9ygzlzFdgZkjdgSwFPxhMPZbJeuVgX4Fd-Vz71xR53s3YaHvxh53nNU507ZF0xUnset6FTDTaG0SBTQyWdL-m_wsvmlql66RaFK5OZRViUHgUCwiI0HIVN9jpnz0/s640/IMG_0716.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinjCgMuXhGjDYGtkP20Li2SVwtzO1UaLYODP6hqHwE_s4J5I96sUNpKvzJVmdzQrHm6JU9P7UDns3BLdTHGrTxM7n0DDVVKhXvf40ZqR8rKqf09VxwjxDv1Dmh_bKD1d6FQ__Ecd_QyHU/s1600/IMG_0766.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinjCgMuXhGjDYGtkP20Li2SVwtzO1UaLYODP6hqHwE_s4J5I96sUNpKvzJVmdzQrHm6JU9P7UDns3BLdTHGrTxM7n0DDVVKhXvf40ZqR8rKqf09VxwjxDv1Dmh_bKD1d6FQ__Ecd_QyHU/s400/IMG_0766.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidRFYYOliEqMToTN5W53z6y47321o_gzmfuQssQwM8OAekBkZGtuf2_5hxC0NHfv-esyYuWkCFoXRtZ0FT7VuBxVSYKgS7UprHrbi0ElQZl3V0oNJuGsIBH2f1RPK8A-LgMVvJZ9NXq8Q/s1600/IMG_0794.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidRFYYOliEqMToTN5W53z6y47321o_gzmfuQssQwM8OAekBkZGtuf2_5hxC0NHfv-esyYuWkCFoXRtZ0FT7VuBxVSYKgS7UprHrbi0ElQZl3V0oNJuGsIBH2f1RPK8A-LgMVvJZ9NXq8Q/s400/IMG_0794.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OlKwJAC04C1go8CD5g6TvzwSkr-rokqF4dUHDdW39cBB8B0p1_2PESVvD2hWsfX9jgZt6janiAmVXx2-A81RGATqZiN5IfcE2Mlss1RntE2KVpMmKK2SZYfXfF8qPayI6DZdwJ6zO0M/s1600/IMG_0806.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_OlKwJAC04C1go8CD5g6TvzwSkr-rokqF4dUHDdW39cBB8B0p1_2PESVvD2hWsfX9jgZt6janiAmVXx2-A81RGATqZiN5IfcE2Mlss1RntE2KVpMmKK2SZYfXfF8qPayI6DZdwJ6zO0M/s640/IMG_0806.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPYs7b1n1snSeaNXiSgsKeC4SCH9WA3Ouv1PCplmxLNmQaNTq2UyGNz4wHko5vmXlxwSHjQ4GhkLNRwa_hMxIeV7x-P3_O6mMxrzo0GAh_-qvZt1vXA6LoPKZrOYKuBXg6TlJgLHfco-Q/s1600/IMG_0809.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPYs7b1n1snSeaNXiSgsKeC4SCH9WA3Ouv1PCplmxLNmQaNTq2UyGNz4wHko5vmXlxwSHjQ4GhkLNRwa_hMxIeV7x-P3_O6mMxrzo0GAh_-qvZt1vXA6LoPKZrOYKuBXg6TlJgLHfco-Q/s640/IMG_0809.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPZCLt_31YT1ExbXf0iVBGaGEdpsKBAzb8gTbyDkVzadq7UaW0t6usxuGqNmYvNAK0jLsKqgUHm4GTlY3AwI6bb1F9-LU-JCHN_fzID4PAB2Brs2Bt6qKcSO-FqElbwxShWfzDJfKmM8/s1600/IMG_0812.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPZCLt_31YT1ExbXf0iVBGaGEdpsKBAzb8gTbyDkVzadq7UaW0t6usxuGqNmYvNAK0jLsKqgUHm4GTlY3AwI6bb1F9-LU-JCHN_fzID4PAB2Brs2Bt6qKcSO-FqElbwxShWfzDJfKmM8/s400/IMG_0812.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP4BodWvhUL9VopnnVs85xwSxbx-b3f3qMZxkB9lxuRgqv0DW8zLNHE7rFfAX4BgTYoPGd9D8gNLtsvwx64CgqFyybzKvoZxM4_SAPW341Dtg5EOb7vQKI34MT0vFpFfBjreITmyZ0XVw/s1600/IMG_0848.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP4BodWvhUL9VopnnVs85xwSxbx-b3f3qMZxkB9lxuRgqv0DW8zLNHE7rFfAX4BgTYoPGd9D8gNLtsvwx64CgqFyybzKvoZxM4_SAPW341Dtg5EOb7vQKI34MT0vFpFfBjreITmyZ0XVw/s640/IMG_0848.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlV0ky7fSPUdM8k1IITRGtEQP_P_PFPp9-ggrVBXyzgohRlxfQ0XJx44g7AaPqJ0I0YUYi3P21LR5RlNp927z9KcdxMYvZQgOAptpEgHLFLaXjEI-E58-ZXLZu7nClGOhf3MwvPozjIVE/s1600/IMG_0850.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlV0ky7fSPUdM8k1IITRGtEQP_P_PFPp9-ggrVBXyzgohRlxfQ0XJx44g7AaPqJ0I0YUYi3P21LR5RlNp927z9KcdxMYvZQgOAptpEgHLFLaXjEI-E58-ZXLZu7nClGOhf3MwvPozjIVE/s320/IMG_0850.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wendy?</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvb5R1mD61aP4dexF4vPyrJV6QbXbi8czyhlDdhMWkSHYgI1oB1sTqZKGHj8zzx4t66iLHqHc0LtB5l3NFTmgsCuBrt2tyO17frpDbm0RZVpld69ie5izquH2U7MEXzSjyp_aMR8GMM0/s1600/IMG_0892.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvb5R1mD61aP4dexF4vPyrJV6QbXbi8czyhlDdhMWkSHYgI1oB1sTqZKGHj8zzx4t66iLHqHc0LtB5l3NFTmgsCuBrt2tyO17frpDbm0RZVpld69ie5izquH2U7MEXzSjyp_aMR8GMM0/s640/IMG_0892.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn7bkUL3D7PfqfIz-9o08lfpd_WEOVfbXCFl5HoSQoAJ2WDAxZFQWpWOfjNOrJUourMUQM85zk9E7efNdigInPEKPxoKCiN0TEc7lL03MAc0fLt0k_2TNC8_MKuEUpU07xN88mXfEJBOo/s1600/IMG_0855.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn7bkUL3D7PfqfIz-9o08lfpd_WEOVfbXCFl5HoSQoAJ2WDAxZFQWpWOfjNOrJUourMUQM85zk9E7efNdigInPEKPxoKCiN0TEc7lL03MAc0fLt0k_2TNC8_MKuEUpU07xN88mXfEJBOo/s640/IMG_0855.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbx31QwQFhZIjBADnGbJOsRil1L1c4a-bAj0auQ0qP6YDVwK94nYesdSEv5MKgbprIJJJynyvGrQRZfbOVg-Wuwz9UhuZdLOZEMOqQYNc7k6h51wc9GwK5vwb0yY39ox4I_l06BNz3S8/s1600/IMG_0863.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbx31QwQFhZIjBADnGbJOsRil1L1c4a-bAj0auQ0qP6YDVwK94nYesdSEv5MKgbprIJJJynyvGrQRZfbOVg-Wuwz9UhuZdLOZEMOqQYNc7k6h51wc9GwK5vwb0yY39ox4I_l06BNz3S8/s400/IMG_0863.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNIunC002AfKbC9PLtgJdGo9QZetJEbmQXRUkgeBbMmu8hvG677Wk6jkCPyOMVA3Tpgofqvq47tECCNTONLTEMjYKOURufs1VoQTKgWh1fXSKsp6n2sWpKTQF5yE-TKa4WHJeld7PO-TE/s1600/IMG_0868.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNIunC002AfKbC9PLtgJdGo9QZetJEbmQXRUkgeBbMmu8hvG677Wk6jkCPyOMVA3Tpgofqvq47tECCNTONLTEMjYKOURufs1VoQTKgWh1fXSKsp6n2sWpKTQF5yE-TKa4WHJeld7PO-TE/s640/IMG_0868.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ahtUePXYMu4e8dSHRENcMfBgwsesMA6pMijRMuSolEUhp3qfEUy3toBRwU2XaaETOjNhjGTlFw6k6ekOftMdriI8SxqY4br1788EhbWeR-haOCSWgMFOFSEEd9xMSUnYFiHaJ1pUv78/s1600/IMG_0876.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ahtUePXYMu4e8dSHRENcMfBgwsesMA6pMijRMuSolEUhp3qfEUy3toBRwU2XaaETOjNhjGTlFw6k6ekOftMdriI8SxqY4br1788EhbWeR-haOCSWgMFOFSEEd9xMSUnYFiHaJ1pUv78/s400/IMG_0876.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDp-fGqw0dK7mjk0N7_vLtR8_btZNuefhB8JEWq9N95A86qv6m7FbPozCTYhq0eH9NZe5-YfvqOrUbLFlU6X4QGLTHgg0wT-vU_luuw2tGSY81zceeGO0FlGni67aPNFv7QFOo6yMGD9s/s1600/IMG_0906.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDp-fGqw0dK7mjk0N7_vLtR8_btZNuefhB8JEWq9N95A86qv6m7FbPozCTYhq0eH9NZe5-YfvqOrUbLFlU6X4QGLTHgg0wT-vU_luuw2tGSY81zceeGO0FlGni67aPNFv7QFOo6yMGD9s/s640/IMG_0906.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>
<br />MATTEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389369505820875311noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-47773059826884310502012-05-25T17:05:00.000-07:002012-06-23T00:12:36.878-07:00together again<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
It was with great delight that the Chipman three finally met
up with the other MATTEO two in the lobby of the dormitories of Sichuan
University about 12:00 am Tuesday morning.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Later that day, 9:30 am to be precise, we sat on one side of
a long table on squeaky black leather chairs, an old woman pouring fresh tea
and nodding as three other women discussed with us the logistics of our stay in
serious voices. All three then proceeded to break character and squeal with
delight when we pulled Anna out of her carrier. In fact, the term “squeal with
delight” may very well have been created to describe most, if not all, the
Chinese women we’ve met’s reactions to seeing her. They cannot help it. Grown men and women, jumping up and down,
pulling ridiculous faces, talking in high-pitched voices, and pulling out
camera phones. If MATTEO becomes even slightly popular in China, all credit
goes to our 9 month old.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The campus is lovely. And because we live at least 20
minutes walking distance away from any food or anywhere we need to go, and
because we are all curious and perhaps not-yet familiar with the campus layout,
we walk a lot. Within the four large
gates of Sichuan University’s campus we have walked by or through: a lotus pond
in bloom, small crumbling alleys with heavy trees and hanging laundry, fields of bricks and shoes, a
brightly colored kindergarten blaring English dance music, a small market of carts
spilling over with massive mushrooms, squash, and dark green lettuce, misty rain with drops that seem to hang
suspended in the air, and rusty bicycles bouncing along the broken cement and
cobbled roads.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
There seem to be no traffic laws other than a perpetual game
of chicken. You are free to drive either way on either side of the street.
Honking is constant, in a very non-aggressive way: simply the means of telling
someone you’re coming.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The woman in charge of co-ordinating our being hosted by the
University is named Zheng Han, and she is a delight. She also almost ran into
an old woman riding a bike this morning when she was talking to us and pulled
out without slowing into an intersection. Neither her nor the woman seemed
phased by the event that made all of us short of breath from the back seat.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
After many afternoons of searching and trying out
instruments and negotiating prices in cramped music stores, we are happy to
report that we are now in possession of (renting or bought) all the instruments
we’ll be using to write and record this e.p. We were quite the sight: four obviously
non-asians with case fulls of
traditional chinese instruments banging along as we walked the busy streets pushing
a baby stroller.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria;"><br /></span><br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3NZWDXBy66o6Iz8_48uBaY8y4rnxqIPbKKjOrM-zfN1bUm1pryideYP4kTzRFI0QyWFH5n_4UvP4NURF1vAwPCkFmgtwX4wbkqOMmSpl6SVZ2A2CxQqlp9oSUQ_FISb0EUt3Y9xgzB0/s1600/IMG_0713.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3NZWDXBy66o6Iz8_48uBaY8y4rnxqIPbKKjOrM-zfN1bUm1pryideYP4kTzRFI0QyWFH5n_4UvP4NURF1vAwPCkFmgtwX4wbkqOMmSpl6SVZ2A2CxQqlp9oSUQ_FISb0EUt3Y9xgzB0/s320/IMG_0713.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">notebook we found yesterday</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
--brinn<br /><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span>MATTEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389369505820875311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-32635223963206666902012-05-18T07:30:00.000-07:002012-05-18T07:30:20.760-07:00First message from inside.<br />
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
We're in Chengdu, at the moment, trying desperately to teach Jasmine, the girl who runs our hostel, how to say "Canadian Lawyer." She says "Cladian Noyer" every time. It's very endearing (another word we taught her).<br /><br />Zheng Han is not, in fact, our contact at Sichuan University. She's some kind of intermediary between Lei Li and the actual people we're supposed to be connecting with. She is, however, a really nice person who speaks English beautifully, and who walked with us for probably 30 minutes.</div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
There are a bunch of people at the Music Conservatory putting on graduation concerts at the moment - Jordan and I have tickets to a solo Guzheng concert tomorrow night. The posters for these concerts are fantastic.</div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
Visited about ten music shops today. Some better than others. Tried to play a Sheng - we both failed. Played a giant Erhu, can't remember what he called it. Bass Erhu of some sort. Giant and funny looking. It was hard.</div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
What else. Oh, the music classes are taught across town from the University, so we'll have to take buses if we want to audit classes. The campus is incredibly beautiful.</div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
Okay, hooray! China! It's crazy. I learned how to count to 100 today. </div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
-Luke</div>MATTEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389369505820875311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-52522561072934645832012-05-09T13:54:00.002-07:002012-05-10T15:54:00.753-07:00it begins漫兴<br />
<br />
熟知茅斋绝低小<br />
江上燕子故来频<br />
衔泥点污琴书内<br />
更接飞虫打著人<br />
<br />
I know well that my thatched hut is very low and small,<br />
Because of that, the swallows on the river often come.<br />
The bits of mud they bring in their mouths get into my zither and books,<br />
And trying to catch the flying insects, they drive them into me.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Dufu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Dufu.jpg" width="242" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
--Tu Fu, almost unanimously agreed upon to be China's best ancient poet.</div>
<br />
Happened to have lived for a while in Chengdu, where we will now take a turn living for the next few weeks.<br />
<br />
As we make lists, fill bags, and contemplate what we are about to do, we feel both a shortness of breath and an unstoppable smile. It's really happening.<br />
<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
And though we have plans for and a general idea of what "it" is, we all know we're really getting on that plane and that's about all we know for sure. The rest is still something yet undone and unknown. Music unwritten, friends unmade, spicy noodles uneaten. </div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
All of it's out there. Over there. And we are coming.</div>MATTEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389369505820875311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4210069636138340552.post-18236024377868147262012-04-09T20:16:00.000-07:002012-04-09T20:16:12.242-07:00感謝Grateful, is what we are. Thank you to everyone for all the support of our kickstarter project! We are a few days in and already making great progress, thanks to you.<br />
<br />
In other news, Anna started crawling yesterday.MATTEOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389369505820875311noreply@blogger.com0