Kickstarter Project

For those unfamiliar with the site, Kickstarter is a program where people can donate money to creative projects and receive prizes. Their donation is only collected if the project meets its initial goal and can be completed, so you're not throwing money at people who are not going to produce anything.

My program is called The World That Was: A Living History Project, and is my attempt to record the oral histories of people who lived in independent, pre-1950 Tibet. I've wanted to do something meaningful for the Tibetan refugee community in Dharamsala for a few years, and this was inspired by Jewish organizations like the Shoah Institute and the research projects at Yad Vashem. Anyway, I explain that all in the video. The program asks for regular updates during my stay in India, and those will be posted here, along with pictures and video as I'm bringing a camera and a computer this time.

Also, if you're interested in purchasing a fairly high-quality Tibetan thangka, $300 is probably what you'd spend in America doing it (maybe a bit less with considerations for size and quality), whereas if you donate to the program you'll get one AND help out what I hope is a good cause, since thangkas are cheaper over there and I happen to know a bunch of artists and where to buy them.