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StrangeTango.com is a multilayered art installation in cyberspace…the documentation of a life in three iterations: as a film treatment, a book, a blog.

“What remains as documentation of a life?” Strange Tango haunts the boundaries of digital streams and visceral storytelling, where pixels and dreams flow together.

Video, reportage, and nonlinear narrative meld in captured moments from the life of A. D. Tejada, artist - traveler - citizen of the world.

Life is a strange tango...

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“She writes about emotion as a connoisseur of states of mind.” ~ Raphael Seligmann

12 MUSES platforms: ►Life as Art ‒ StrangeTango.com repository ►SHOWCASE ‒ interviews inspired by passion, innovation, and leadership ►Edgy and Ethereal ‒ Strange Tango’s iconic style ►CONNECTORS ‒ guest columnists, individuals, and concepts that link our world ►Millennials ‒ written for and by the digital generation ►Multicultural ‒ written for and by the multicultural community ►Neo-Zen ‒ elegant, eclectic, minimalist, surprising ►Art ‒ creativity and self expression ►Nest ‒ sanctuary ►Food ‒ a foodie’s discoveries, recipes and dining reviews ►Traveler ‒ insights from a traveler and citizen of the world ►Green ‒ gardening and sustainability
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Jun Sandoval of AJ Pilipinas

Whenever the Filipino-American community of Lawton-Ft. Sill in southwest Oklahoma gathers for a party or festival, a call is made to Jun Sandoval. Not only is Jun quite famous for his Filipino dishes, but he also loves to cook. Years ago, listening with interest, I heard rumors that the Sandoval [...]

THE PRESUMPTION OF GUILT: The Arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Race, Class, and Crime in America

My personal copy of this important new book by Charles Ogletree.

Professor Charles Ogletree of Harvard Law School has written the much anticipated and definitive book on the high-profile case involving the arrest of Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home in Cambridge on July 16, 2009. The incident is of [...]

Meals From the Grill

During the summer months, I love to cook on the grill beneath the portico by the kitchen. My family enjoys al fresco dining among the lush garden and water fountain as appetizing aromas waft through the air. For a week, June 3-9, I prepare lunch or dinner on the grill. My flavor profiles are global—combining Mediterranean, North African, [...]

Leadership of a Diverse Workforce

In commemoration of President Barack Obama’s Proclamation of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, I am honored to reproduce, with permission, a moving speech on diversity by a proud Filipino American, physician, and officer. Colonel Rodrigo Mariano, M.D., is Board Certified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine Physicians and is [...]

The Issue of Asian American Representation

Michael Pang, Cornell '11

As a former Cornell University Trustee—and part of an alumni network of 7,000 volunteers—I have connected possibly hundreds of Cornellians on my personal Facebook page. Guest columnist Michael Pang, Cornell ’11, came to my attention when we friended each other on Facebook through a post about the Cornell Asian Alumni Association [...]

Life is a dance…a strange tango.

Words have always been my métier, and my production includes literary fiction, memoirs, essays, musings, editorials, an art-house film, a documentary, television features, and television news packages. One of my greatest achievements is the personal website, StrangeTango.com: Life as Art—the first literary and conceptual art installation in cyberspace—wrapped around the concept: “What remains as documentation [...]

A Home of One’s Own

Roland Kelts

Roland Kelts was one of my first Facebook friends when I finally landed on the social media grid. “Stellar website!” he emailed me, by way of introduction. Although he was writing from Japan and I from America’s heartland, I quickly discovered that we share two enduring passions: a love of Japanese [...]

Intriguing Interviews and Guest Columnists in 2010

The salon at our operatic home in Windham, New Hampshire, an exurb of Boston.

StrangeTango.com’s literary/artistic aesthetic is at the nexus of art, modern culture, and politics. As a global platform for emerging voices, innovation, and creativity, guest columnists write about what they’re passionate about—that celebrates and commemorates their life, voice, or purpose.

An organic [...]

Athima Chansanchai, Journalist and Do-Good Entrepreneur

Athima Chansanchai, Tima Media

I was off the grid until I arrived on the social media scene just over six months ago, and Athima Chansanchai is one of my first cyber friends. I first noticed Athima when she joined the Strange Tango fan/friend page on Facebook, leaving thoughtful comments on my posts. I was impressed [...]

Steven Spriggs, Role Model Millennial

Steven Spriggs, Texas A&M '13

I first met Steven Spriggs a year ago when he was a senior at Eisenhower High School in Lawton, Oklahoma, applying for admission to Cornell University. As an alumna involved with the Cornell Alumni Admissions Ambassadors Network (CAAAN), I am privileged to meet and to recruit many promising young men [...]

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