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ARTIST

... a WANNABE ARTIST ! The next best thing... befriend these creative individuals.
 I wish I had kept up my dancing... from New Year's celebration in Long Beach, 2010. More beautiful photos by Kimsua Chay...
I am a huge fan of Cambodian artists and envy the talents and creativity of Leang Seckon, Sopheap Pich, Reahu, Chhim Sothy, Chath pier Sath, Sacrava, etc. My brother Daravuth is not bad either. And the honorary Khmer, John Weeks, is illustrating tirelessly to educate the young using comics. On the vocal front, who can compare with the legendary Sin Sisamouth, jazz musician Prince Norodom Sirivudh, lyricist/singer Prince Sisowath Panara, tenor Khuon Sethisak, rapper praCh Ly, Dengue Fever...And dance, who can break a move like K.K. (Tuy Sobil) and his breaking dancing club Tiny Toones?! And need I say much about the award-winning filmmaker Rithy Panh and his talented niece Bosba Panh?!
 Theary Seng with the incredible cinematographer/director/producer and friend John Pirozzi, musician Scot Stafford, Touch Chetha of the popular hard rock band Dra Kha of the 1960s-70s at Studio CLA (Cambodian Living Arts) for last minute interviews on the making of Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll, a labor of love 5 years in the making expanding the globe and interviews with Cambodian royalty (Prince Sirivudh, Prince Panara, scholars/diplomats (Son Soubert, David Chandler, former Ambassador John Gunther Dean) and musicians/actors (Dy Saveth, Dengue Fever) - a brilliant film painting a different image of Cambodia not yet known to the world !! (Phnom Penh, 14 April 2010)
 Dengue Fever of Sleepwalking Through the Mekong, directed by John Pirozzi; a great documentary (certain scenes filmed from my balcony on the riverfront during the Water Festival) I was fortunate to see when premiered in 9 Nov. 2007 at the Museum of Natural History in New York City (Photo: New York Times)
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