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

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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Mantra Wall

We commemorate 9/11 with our personal words to live by. We invite you to add your own thoughts and philosophy of life.

- “I don’t compete: I won’t be an afterthought.” — Strange Tango, the novella by A. D. Tejada

- “It’s not about me.” — Angela Treadway, Patterson, NC

- “How much is enough, how much do I really [...]

Cull the Pithy Metaphor

The New Age Mona Lisa…is the iconic image of Strange Tango. We chose a portrait called hypnotic and alluring.

“The methodology requires intensity coupled with bouts of stillness to cull the pithy metaphor.” Strange Tango, the epistolary novella, page 39.

Strange tango is my metaphor for life.

I could have blogged about gardening…foodie reviews…travel…culture…or politics. But [...]

A./Dream: The Strange Tango Backstory

Edgy and Ethereal

I would describe myself as a hybrid: a literary stylist and a formally trained broadcast and print journalist inhabiting the same body. Not all of the entries in the Life as Art blog are 3,000 word essays and commentary. Some days, the visitor may see an image that conveys 1,000 words, or [...]

World-Wide Debut: StrangeTango.com is Live!

StrangeTango.com: Literature as an Art Installation in Cyberspace

Welcome to the StrangeTango.com personal website. We are a creative collaboration of 2 genders, 3 ethnicities, 3 different generations, 4 artists in different media, and all 6 of us are spread out on the East Coast, West Coast, and in America’s heartland to bring you 1 seamless oeuvre.

It’s [...]

Intellectual Property

I copyrighted the title and manuscript of Strange Tango almost two decades ago, and the title has appeared in my published official biographies and blurbs since the 1980’s.

I have waited a very long time to publicly introduce my work.

A part of it was that the book’s complexity is deceptive—there are multiple layers of interpretation and [...]

Elegant, Eclectic, Minimalist, Surprising

Strange Tango is the name of my personal website—as well the literary novella that inspired the site. The website is a showcase for emerging talent and a platform for my writings, photography, and experimental work. Thus, the website and my novella are inextricably linked—each enhancing the experience of the other.

In the novella, the mantra “This [...]

Strange Tango Mantras

These aren’t just quotes from Strange Tango, the epistolary novella…they’re also mantras.

I believe that mantras can change and focus your life. My personal favorite is, “I don’t compete: I won’t be an afterthought.” This mantra took form in my mind over dinner with a friend when he confided his discomfort with his place in the [...]

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