Change and hope for the future are increasingly evident in Burma (Myanmar). President Thein Sein is leader of the soft-liners.  He is said to be listening to the younger generation of military officers who feel that there should be a reconciliation with the country’s pro-democracy forces to get the sanctions lifted and move the economy [...]

I intend to write about Win Pe; I have for a long time. He calls me his biographer. I must live up to his kindness and trust. So far only research and interview, tea and lunch. Keep watching this space…

See Paw Thame’s new paintings in oil at Mar Mar’s Suvannabhumi Gallery starting August 13, 2011 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Here are the show’s catalogue notes by Ma Thanegi with an excerpt from I am Cadmium Red, Paw Thame’s Autobiography: Paw Thame the artist   “A few creative people exist only as the entity embodying [...]