Mountain Whisperer is one of Jia’s epics, hefty, though conveniently divided into four books set in different historical periods. For anyone wanting to make his acquaintance, there is Turbulence, translated by Howard Goldblatt (1991) Happy Dreams, (Nicky Harman, 2014) Ruined Capital (Howard Goldblatt, 2016) Backflow River, ( Nicky Harman, 2016, a free-to-read novella) The Lantern Bearer, (Carlos Rojas, 2017) Broken Wings (Nicky Harman, 2019) Shaanxi Opera, forthcoming and now, Mountain Whisperer translated by Christopher Payne, and published, in a beautiful edition, by Sinoist Books, 2021.Įven judging by the small collection which has been translated (a tiny part of his oeuvre), what is striking is the range of Jia’s writing: panoramic epics, rural and urban, with a cast of hundreds or the ‘small stories’ (Jia’s words) with a mere half-a-dozen from ebullient characters we can imagine meeting anywhere, to the fey and the frankly oddball ones we are only likely to meet in the pages of his novels. Jia Pingwa, ‘China’s master story-teller’ as the launch event for Mountain Whisperer dubbed him, remains relatively unknown to the English-language reader although a number of his novels have been translated.
#THE PATHLESS FOREST WHISPERER CRACK#
Old folds never die, they just crack under the pressure.What happens in the bindery, stays in the bindery.“Fold of the Week” Shirt Slogan List By Episode I think I’m going to need all the help I can get! And I welcome your shirt slogan ideas for the next 500 episodes. “Repeat slogans are for quitters!” Is everyone with me?įor those who want to “wear their fold on their sleeve,” I have a Foldfactory store at Zazzle where you can buy shirts and mugs with my folding slogans on them! You can choose from what’s there, or type in your favorite slogan and choose your shirt or mug color. There’s an accidental repeat or two which infuriates me (I won’t tell you where they are-you’ll have to find them yourself) but almost every single shirt is unique, and will continue to be for as long as the show goes on. I get a lot of questions about whether I repeat shirt slogans, or what all my shirts have said, so I decided to pour them all into a list for you. When I think of the show, it’s hard for me to grasp just how many videos I’ve made, but I get a real sense of it when I scroll my Fold of the Week shirt database.
#THE PATHLESS FOREST WHISPERER PROFESSIONAL#
I started with a little consumer-quality digital video camera in a spare bedroom, and over time graduated to the hi-tech professional audio/video/lighting setup that I have in my video studio today. A lot can happen in 12 years for sure.ĭigital technology has changed dramatically, too. I have a video of myself documenting every week of the past 12 years of my life. I’ll also share (possibly over-share?) that it’s super weird to watch yourself change over the years, with good hair days and bad hair days, gaining and losing a few pounds, summer tan to winter pale, switching studios and plants and wall colors. I’ve come to terms with the idea now (and with the idea of 500 more shirts), as I’m deep into the 500s and feeling my groove again. I choose each week’s slogan deliberately, and some I hold for the perfect opportunity, holiday, or occasion.Īdmittedly, it was a little intimidating when I hit the 500th episode in 2020 and everyone was like “Onward to 1,000!!” (me: “Um, OK!” LOL) For a decade, the goal was to hit 500-and then I hit 500 and episode 501 felt more like episode 1 all over again.
In fact, some of my favorite shirt slogans have been viewer-submitted. I enjoy thinking up the slogans, and hearing from viewers who send ideas. I think we can all agree that the show would really lose something if my shirt slogans lost their wit and humor. After all, with my “fun folding-themed shirt for every show” model, 500+ episodes means 500+ unique shirt slogans. When I started shooting Fold of the Week almost 12 years ago, I’m not sure that I actually thought through the possibility that the show could end up with a cult-like following and 500+ episodes. Above: “The coolest and most elaborate photo ever taken of me.” Photo credit: Eva Kolenko for USPS Deliver Magazine
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