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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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The Unique Artistry of Joseph Yu

Photograph and pens made of exotic woods by Joseph Yu.

My husband, Joseph Yu, has always impressed me with his brilliant combination of artistry and technical precision. His background includes architecture at Cornell University and e-business at IBM. He also repairs and maintains his own vehicles. Then, just two weeks ago, he took up a [...]

At the Nexus of Art, Culture, and Politics

StrangeTango.com: Life as Art is the personal website/blog of A. D. Tejada, a Filipino American feminist and first generation immigrant in America’s heartland who is Ivy League-educated, has lived in 7 major American cities, and has traveled through 35 countries on 5 continents.

At the nexus of art, culture, and politics, StrangeTango.com presents an innovative vision [...]

Happy New Year and Decade

Traditionally, I am incommunicado during the month of December. This is my time for rituals of reflection and spiritual rejuvenation. The last week of the year aligns Christmas, birthdays, and New Year’s: the sequence punctuates the finality and passing of time, which inspires me to make my surroundings comfortable and cocoon myself from the exterior [...]

SPEAK, MEMORY

Me, at the time I began writing Strange Tango.

The destinies of a pantheon of gifted Cornell graduates unfold through the internet.

After my niece had graduated from pre-kindergarten several years back, she started summer classes at vacation bible school where she saw Luke, a former classmate who had left the class to be home-schooled in [...]

New Age Traveler

Moulton Brown's New Age Traveler kit

New Age Traveler is an excerpt from Millennium Muse, my book of narrative nonfiction, essays, and observations.

My favorite travel agent booked me for automatic electronic upgrades to first class, so on two round trip legs between Manchester, New Hampshire, and Chicago, air travel was sheer bliss. On the second [...]

Nest

Our home in Windham, New Hampshire

Nest is an excerpt from Millennium Muse, my book of narrative nonfiction, essays, and observations.

Except for the house in Somerville, which Joseph bought with our best man at our wedding as the first real estate project for flipping, I have always located the properties and negotiated the purchase of [...]

The Key to the Strange Tango Kingdom

“The next step is sharing her vision of cyberspace as the next frontier in the literary arts. Says Tejada, “For my collaborators and me, Strange Tango is a labor of love and a global platform for original and passionate creativity.’” ~Raphael Seligmann

Welcome to the world of Strange Tango. Conceptually speaking, the blog before you is an [...]

The Neo-Zen Sensibility

My transformation from glamorous to spiritual was years in the making. When I worked for other people and had my own source of income, I purchased heirloom quality items to leave as a legacy for my niece. My curatorial sensibility was developed by taking courses in the liberal, literary, and fine arts at the largest [...]

Road Trip, Part I: Artistic Santa Fe and Taos

St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral, Santa Fe

My husband and I love to pile into our comfortable SUV, throw in a few small pieces of luggage, and head for the open road with our family pet. We enjoy the time we spend together and the freedom of traveling at our own pace without the inconveniences [...]

Facebook September 16-29: Neo-Zen, Road Trip, Muse, Libra, Current Events, Links

As I recall, a high tech multimillionaire bought a book for a princely sum, but it wasn’t the rare edition you’d expect. It was a farmer’s almanac…a carefully kept journal ocumenting daily life—and an historical era. This level of authenticity captivated the future reader. By the same token, you don’t think this StrangeTango.com entry is [...]

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