Posted in Tea as Medicine on Nov 26th, 2011 Comments Off on Huzzah!)
So, here’s the first artistic piece I did for the history of medicine. It’s pretty lame, I admit, but it took lots of thought. The thesis is around the edge. (Click the picture for a full size view) I’ll post the corresponding dialogues and the semi-academic writing in other posts…they’re a bit long. (Read the […]
Posted in Tea as Medicine on Nov 26th, 2011 Comments Off on The Thesis Behind the Dialogues
Before reading the dialogues it is best to know the point of them… Tea was discovered in China approximately five thousand years ago and people have benefitted from its healthy qualities, traded it amongst themselves, and cultivated it to perfection. Unfortunately with perfection comes greed, and imperialists began to exploit tea’s healthy qualities. How the […]
Posted in Tea as Medicine on Nov 26th, 2011 Comments Off on Dialogue #1 + Explanation
Song Dynasty China (AKA – before Mongolian Rule): Characters: Tsang Kwan: The father of a dying son. A state official. Tsang Min: Tsang Kwan’s wife. The mother of a dying son. The Doctor: A physician trained in the medical teachings of the Yellow Emperor and other classical medical texts. The Dying Son: Silently suffering a […]
Posted in Tea as Medicine on Nov 26th, 2011 Comments Off on Dialogue #2 and Explanation
Victorian era Britain: Characters: Henry: An upper middle class gentleman. Muriel: Henry’s wife, Lily’s mother. Obsessed with gaining a good reputation in society. Lily: Henry and Muriel’s Daughter. She’s getting a bit too old to be without a husband (which means that she’s 18). Lord Herbert Fitzwilliam: A lord who went to the orient to […]
Posted in Tea as Medicine on Nov 26th, 2011 Comments Off on Dialogue #3 + Explanation
Modern North America: Characters: Customer in the first dialogue: A customer wanting fair trade green tea. Clerk in the first and second narratives: Interested more in a sale than the products being sold. Customer in the second dialogue: Wants to fix the information on a tea label. Setting: Vancouver, Canada Present day Select Tea Shops […]