Fine Art Magazine (Thailand) Requests Four Articles on Thai Contemporary Spiritual Art to Publish in Sequential Issues

Great news from Chiang Mai. Yesterday visited Tawatchai Somkong, artist and publisher of Thai Fine Art Magazine, which published my piece on Ernst Fuchs' Bangkok visit in the April issue. The article can be viewed here. It is a 5.5 MB download, so for those with slow connections be warned! In any case, the article looks great and has led to an offer from Tawatchai to write FOUR more articles for the magazine, which will summarize what I've found in Thailand and be published in four sequential issues. I'm very very excited about this development, since it means that the basic 'structure' of the book (as I see it now) will be out there for comment and discussion sooner rather than later, and, of course, it is good incentive to get the writing done as well. Also, a productive conversation with Michael Ernst Messner, son of Ernst Fuchs, whose efforts to build a large-scale cultural attraction in Bangkok are described in the linked article has me planning to stay a bit longer in Thailand for work and learning. Michael is, in his own right, a respected arts entrepreneur specializing in visionary and fantastic art, and the possiblity to learn from him for the month of June is very exciting.

So, as of now, the schedule appears to consist of Chiang Mai for the next week, then back to Bangkok, and a trip (quick) to Singapore around the end of April. May is uncertain- Thailand or Bali, but it looks like I'll be in Bangkok again in June, with a return to the US around the 4th of July weekend- if American Airlines cooperates with alllowing my return date to change.

In any case, Thailand has been a positive and affirming place to start this experiment and research. I really couldn't ask for anything more out of a "proof of concept" trip. Thanks to all for your support and well-wishes.