I am a child of immigrants.  My mother and father are from Vietnam, and I was born in Holland.  My parents moved there in 1979-1980 to escape communist rule and poverty.  My father, once a South Vietnamese government official, was forced…

What does “art” mean to you? According to Webster’s online dictionary, “art” is something that is created with imagination and skill and that is beautiful or that expresses important ideas or feelings. But what does all of that mean? Or…

(Quote is tattooed on my Left thigh)  “Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, an hour, a day or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take it’s place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever”…

 “If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans.” –James Harriot No quote has ever spoken truer words to me. For as long as I…