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Olivia JD
@coloringiship
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Dayak Iban @ Indigenous Artist and Writer
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2017-06-23 02:50
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coloringiship
ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY
2026-05-14 09:15
Painting an Iban Woman in Ngepan Indu Iban
I have been working on this mixed media painting for the past ten days. It is of an Iban woman wearing a traditional costume called "ngepan indu Iban." The piece has elements such as the sugu
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coloringiship
ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY
2026-05-12 10:29
Creating Ngayau | An Iban Headhunting Zine
A few weeks ago I started putting together the first physical prototype of Ngayau, a small zine that explores Iban headhunting through drawings and short notes. At first it was just pencil drawings scattered
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coloringiship
ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY
2026-04-29 08:50
What is a Lemambang? The Iban Ritual Bard
The Iban lemambang is a ritual bard who recites long, sacred chants or invocations at ceremonies or rituals. These chants are the stories of ancestors, deities, and the unseen realm. They are preserved
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coloringiship
ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY
2026-04-20 08:08
A Visit to Borneo Cultures Museum, Kuching, Sarawak
Have you heard of the Borneo Cultures Museum? It is in Kuching, Sarawak, and from the outside, it seems quiet, though the building looks very unique. However, the scale becomes clear once you get inside.
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coloringiship
ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY
2026-04-14 10:12
Writing About Iban Culture Without Taking the Easy Way Out
When I first read the CBC article on AI-generated Indigenous content, my stomach tightened. Not because I generated my content with AI, which I don’t, but because I understood how easy it would be for
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coloringiship
ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY
2026-04-08 09:25
Is Simple Living a Choice? | The Abundance of Less (Book Review)
I finished The Abundance of Less today. I don't think I'll read this book from start to finish again. There are parts of the book that I might read again because some of the people in it have inspired
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coloringiship
ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY
2026-04-06 07:19
My Way of Preserving My Culture
People typically consider cultural preservation to be something that is conducted on a large scale. It is generally placed in the context of institutions, archives, or official documents. But it can also
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coloringiship
ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY
2026-04-03 08:03
Tightening Our Belts
Prices have been going up everywhere. The cost of raw food in the wet market has gone up. Groceries are more expensive and of course, petrol too. Like everyone else, I feel it every week when I realize
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coloringiship
ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY
2026-04-01 03:18
A Word for Living Between Places
I came across The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows several years ago. I found the Youtube channel first. I remember watching one video late at night. It was called Sonder: The Realization That Everyone Has
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coloringiship
ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY
2026-03-30 08:43
Living Between Places
Most people don’t understand what it feels like to live between places. It is not exactly sadness. That is what I would want people to understand first. When they hear “between places,” they think of a
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coloringiship
ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY
2026-03-26 10:57
What Kyoto Bamboo Forest Taught Me About Belonging
I woke up before sunrise that morning in Kyoto and left the hotel while the streets were still relatively empty and quiet. I wanted to reach the Arashiyama bamboo grove before the crowds came in. The air
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coloringiship
ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY
2026-03-25 12:14
How Often Do I Say No?
According to Oliver Burkeman, the average human lifespan is about 4,000 weeks. It sounds like a large number at first glance, but as I reflect, it starts to feel limited. I will not have time to do everything
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coloringiship
ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY
2026-03-24 12:02
Things That Stay With Me
I am on a morning train in Japan, traveling from Tokyo to Kyoto without any hurry to get there. The shinkansen is quiet. There are empty seats on both sides of the aisle. I am seated by the window on the
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coloringiship
ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY
2026-03-23 10:03
The Heat Stayed
I’m not very good at cooking. I usually keep my meals simple. I prepare food that is easy and does not need a lot of time or attention. Cooking has never been something I enjoy. I find the act tiresome.
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coloringiship
ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY
2026-03-22 09:09
Noticing What Has Changed
(A photo taken earlier today during my morning walk at Putrajaya Botanical Park) I feel like the question “What have you learned recently?” is simple, but when I try to answer it, I hesitate. I don’t notice
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coloringiship
ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY
2026-03-21 08:13
Atsuko Watanabe and the Complications of Simple Living
In a previous post called The Essence of a Smaller Life, I wrote about reading Andy Couturier’s The Abundance of Less and how I became interested in the quiet lives of the people he profiles. The book
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coloringiship
ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY
2026-03-19 12:28
A Return
What is one word that describes you? Just one word? If it’s only a word, then I feel it seems too narrow for something that changes as much as a person. One word makes it sound like something is set in
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coloringiship
ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY
2026-03-17 10:43
The Essence of a Smaller Life
I have been reading The Abundance of Less by Andy Couturier. I’m only on the first few chapters, but the people he writes about stay with me long after I’ve put the book down. They live in the countryside
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coloringiship
ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY
2026-03-16 10:24
Where Confidence Lives
Today’s writing prompt asks, “Who is the most confident person you know?” I paused reading it for a moment. The question assumes the existence of absolute confidence, as though an individual could navigate
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coloringiship
ASEAN HIVE COMMUNITY
2026-03-15 11:28
On Heavy Feelings and Small Choices
Negative feelings often come and go, but some stay longer than we expect. I recently went through one of those stretches. It wasn’t just one feeling; it was a mix of many, including grief, boredom, loneliness,
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