Category: Talk Story

A dark blue background with small sparkling white speckles fades down from the top into a light blue puddle spilled over a light pink surface on the bottom third of the cover.  Small stray pools and drops of blue surround the puddle.  A silver splash drops down the center of the blue puddle with a  planet droplet rising above the splash.  On the planet sphere drop are the letters ELO.  In the right corner, TIME is typed in capital letters.

The starry void of night expands from a puddle in a desert like a higher plane of existence that lies behind the surface of reality.  Stars and planets splash upwards like drops of rain.

• Asian populations draw from their connections to outer cultural sources.  They make cultural contributions to America by introducing culture and media from outer sources while making new original contributions in the spaces they open up for themselves.
• Growing acceptance, taste, and demand for this foreign flavor of culture grows these cultural movements and creates more spaces and platforms for these contributions to be made.  The culture gets commercialized but also creates opportunities for Asian Americans to assert themselves and participate.
• As the means to content creation becomes more widely available, Asian American media production and control over their image/identity increases.