Sneak Previews of Our Thailand Trip

[I know, I know. I’ve not yet posted the final installment of “Words Fitly Spoken” [a study of this year's political rhetoric through the lens of Aristotle’s elements of persuasion]. That post is in the "draft" hopper, but I’ve had my mind on completing a major project in the next several days. Thanks for your patience.]

As most of you will recall, I was asked to accompany a medical missions team to Thailand this past January in order to make a documentary of the work this team has been doing for ten years with the hill tribes of the Chiang Rai Province in extreme northern Thailand—in what’s called the “Golden Triangle” [known for its opium trade] between Burma [Myanmar], China, and Laos.

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I had been working on the initial video presentation, and that additional work was still ahead. Well, this week I've spent my evenings beginning that additional work with hopes of completing it over Spring Break [next week]. I also said that I'd eventually link video clips of that trip to my blog.

Doing this required branching out of our comfortable blogosphere to set up a Youtube channel. It took a while, but I figured it out last week. Since the two sites will often work in tandem, I used the same name. Please check out (and bookmark) Patterns of Ink on Youtube.

I wish I could upload higher "image" quality. These are grainy facsimiles of the actual high-def footage, but you'll get the idea. Shortened versions of Part I (8 min.) and Part II (7 min.) of the initial presentation are below this post, but it may be easier to watch them from the POI Youtube page (where you can click on "ABOUT THIS VIDEO" for details about each clip.The Youtube site will also have other clips as I get them done.)
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"The Hill Tribes: A Timeless Mission" Part I
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(Double-click on the arrow in the center of the screen. Stop or replay clips on this page by hitting the "refresh" button, or watch this and other clips at Patterns of Ink on Youtube.