diabetes 365 day 83 Dec. 25th 2007

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For Christmas my parents bought me an etching press, a Conrad E14. To say I am excited is a vast understatement. It will arrive in March, and until then I'll be working on plates to print when it finally gets here! The piece above is the first of a planned portrait series on peace leaders and activists, beginning with Aung San Suu Kyi. This photo is of an inked plate, not a print, so the final image will be reversed. This is the very first state of at least 10 or so, so the image will evolve quite a bit before it is completed.

Diabetes has complicated art a bit for me. I used to paint all the time, but don't much any more because the paint I want to use (oil) is loaded with toxic chemicals that are readily absorbed through skin, and I feel a need to hedge my bets in terms of health. This press, with its much less toxic processes, is a wonderful way to allow creativity to remain a fundamental part of my life.

Happy holidays, everyone. I hope yours were absolutely wonderful.

There is no cure for diabetes.

Yet.

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Aung San Suu Kyi — See encyclopedia photos

Aung San Suu Kyi, AC (Burmese: အောင်ဆန်းစုကြည်; MLCTS: aung hcan: cu. krany, Burmese pronunciation: [àʊɴ sʰáɴ sṵ tɕì]; born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese opposition politician and the General Secretary of the National League for Democracy. In the 1990 general election, her National League for Democracy party won 59% of the national votes and 81% (392 of 485) of the seats in Parliament. She had, however, already been detained under house arrest before the elections. She remained under house arrest in Burma for almost 15 of the 21 years from 20 July 1989 until her most recent release on 13 November 2010.

Suu Kyi received the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. In 1992 she was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding by the government of India and the International Simón Bolívar Prize from the government of Venezuela. In 2007, the Government of Canada made her an honorary citizen of that country, one of only five people ever to receive the honor. In 2011, she was awarded the Wallenberg Medal.

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