About the work “Refugees, migrants, displaced people – everyone has a word, everyone has an opinion. As thousands flee their homes, the images beamed around the world have shocked and upset in equal measure.…
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arts & music culture & community social media & technologyMission Accomplished: Empress Tea Gets a Makeover
And now, drum roll please… ratta tatta tatta tatta …may I introduce you to the all new Empress Tea Blog! We’ve upgraded the look of our entire site (and ironing out kinks for the next…
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culture & community relationships & love social media & technology10 Reasons You Should Become an Empress [infographic]
“Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.” -Alice in Wonderland This is the story about how this blog began… Once upon a time, about 5 years ago, I was exploring…
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I am involved in designing costumes for an exciting new work that opened with the Hong Kong Ballet on Friday. It’s a new and very modern interpretation of the classic Bolero, choreographed by Yuh Egami and Ricky…
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I’m not sure if you’re aware but the reason I founded this blog was to give myself pressure to yield creative output on a regular basis. The trouble with being a creative individual is that life…
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arts & music pregnancy & parenting relationships & love sisterhoodHave a Cozy Year of the Sheep [Group Post]
It’s the Year of the Sheep/Goat/Ram! Happy Chinese New Year everyone! This is a year for peace, health, tender moments, and creative thinking. A welcome relief from the racing horse year. This year I asked…
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In honour of the quickly approaching peaceful Year of the Sheep and being kind to yourself, today we bring to you a new guest artist, Sehin. She’s currently living in Addis Ababa where she…
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arts & music sisterhood social media & technologyFighting Through Asian Shadows (My 5 Day Photo Challenge)
A couple of weeks ago, I was summoned on Facebook to do the do the Black and White 5 Day Photo Challenge. As a person who enjoys a good creative call to arms (have you…
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Artwork by retired Empress of Tokyo, Kimberly Tierney.…
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Hello friends! I can’t explain to you how manic my last few weeks (possibly months) have been. I’ve been happy, sad, crazy, chilled, and all ’round discombobulated but I think I’m okay with that…