FREE AI WEIWEI - PLEASE

Don't forget to send e-mails to the Chinese Embassy in D.C. to ask them to free Ai Weiwei, the famous dissident artist:

chinaembpress_us@mfa.gov.cn

Please be polite.

This is the most recent article I could find:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703509104576326201214051990.html

It says the authorities allowed Ai Weiwei to meet for about 20 minutes with his wife last Sunday afternoon. She said he seems to be in good health.

I guess the Chinese government doesn't believe in freedom of speech.

Thanks

-- Roger

© Copyright 2011, Roger R. Angle

FREE AI WEIWEI

Don't forget to write to the Chinese embassy and ask them to free the famous and widely admired dissident artist Ai Weiwei.

Here is the address again:

chinaembpress_us@mfa.gov.cn

I'm trying to e-mail them once a day, so they don't forget.

Thanks.

-- Roger, aka, "Ai Weiwei in the USA"

© Copyright 2011, Roger R. Angle

I'M AI WEIWEI

Remember that scene in "Spartacus," the 1960 movie starring Kirk Douglas, where the vicious Roman general says he will spare hundreds of slaves if they will give up Spartacus, leader of the slave revolt?

Of course, we know they are going to kill him.

Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) stands up and says, "I'm Spartacus."

Another man stands up and says,  "I'm Spartacus." And another. And another. Pretty soon all 200 of them are shouting the same thing.

Here is a link to the scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8h_v_our_Q

Every time I watch it, it makes me cry.

Well, that's what I think every artist and writer in the world should do.

I'm Ai Weiwei.

If you are Ai Weiwei, or if you have seen him, or if you think he should be released, please report your sightings or plead for his release by sending an e-mail to the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C.:

chinaembpress_us@mfa.gov.cn

Please be respectful.

Thank you.

-- Roger

© Copyright 2011, Roger R. Angle

WHO IS AFRAID OF AI WEIWEI?

I think I spotted the famous Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei today in downtown Culver City, at Ford's Filling Station, a chi-chi restaurant near the Kirk Douglas Theater.

Or at least I saw someone who looked very much like him. I was sure it was he, even though I had never seen him before in person.

Then I saw this same person later at the old Culver Hotel, and later yet on the 405 Freeway headed south toward Orange County.

He was riding the biggest Harley Davidson motorcycle I had ever seen. He looked a bit like Santa Claus.

It was amazing to me. He must have escaped from Chinese detention, where he has not been seen in public since April 3.

He must have gotten out. Perhaps he escaped. Or more likely he is capable of transporting himself through time and space.

I think that explains it. These artists can do almost anything. Once they set their mind to it.

I would guess that Ai Weiwei is everywhere, and there is more than one Ai Weiwei out there. Maybe they are clones or even identical twins.

My guess is that he can replicate himself, perhaps using a giant holographic photocopy machine in 3-D.

I would suggest that everyone keep an eye out for Ai Weiwei and report your sightings of him.

I hope we will all be lucky enough to see an Ai Weiwei soon.

Here's to Ai Weiwei. Bless him and protect him. May he live long and prosper.

I look forward to seeing him again. He seems like a kind and lovable person. 

Why would the Chinese detain him? Who is afraid of Ai Weiwei?

-- Roger

(Watch this:)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/ai-wei-wei/

© Copyright 2011, Roger R. Angle