Author Spotlight: Aung San Suu Kyi
Along with her book, Letters from Burma, I also recommend her book, Freedom From Fear. Both were written while she was under house arrest at her Inya Lake residence in Myanmar. When released in 2009, she instantly became one of the front runners in the political movement in which she was involved before her incarceration 15 years before.
In Letters from Burma, which is a collection of two-page notes, she talks about everything from her visitation rights to and from her loved ones and supporters, to the folly involved in releasing pigeons outside her house. And in the moments where she’s found writing about the smaller, less static times of her manifold hours alone, her poetic writing never trails too far from the undercurrent of strife that she is faced with in her life.
Truly an inspiring woman through her strength, dedication and passion for non-violent resolutions in a country run by anything but peaceful leaders, her book, Letters From Burma, shouldn’t inspire women. It should inspire EVERYONE.
Below is my video review on her book and her time as the leading face of the peaceful movement in a land of tyranny.
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Introducing the Author Spotlight:
Here on my blog, I have started to get some feedback as to the recommendations for what I do in those “down times” of travel. So when I find myself on a 13-hour plane ride, and nothing out the window creates enough of a canvas on which to paint my wandering thoughts, I generally turn to books (or audio books on the trusty iPod). So, in the effort of promoting great reads, I will be introducing a new section to the blog: Weekly Author Spotlights. I will be reading, discussing and posting videos about the books I have read throughout my travels.
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Okay, so by this point you’ve probably realized that I have made good on my promise to use more video in my blog. But I don’t want to overdo it. So in an effort to ease the video onslaught of late, I have been actively editing lots of text blogs and photos to bring back in. But there’s lots more going on than just that. Read below:
Other important updates: After months of filming for the upcoming film, Travel Geek: Documentary Taiwan, I have finally been able to set aside some time to get the much needed edits done to the the Philippines gallery of photos. So it might be the end of the week before I am able to get this album published, but it should be up at least by the end of the week.
And speaking of the Philippines; I have edited the first of my journals from this latest trip and will be following this post with the first of what will likely turn out to be about ten pages of amazing reflection from Southeast Asia’s black sheep. So thanks for sticking with me throughout all the years of posting, and up next is my latest journals from the Philippines. I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted any actual travel journals. But I have been working on releasing (not one, but) TWO books which should be out soon. I have been editing heaps of video. And I have also been compounding more filming on top of that. So I have been a busy boy.
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