![]() ![]() In terms of my own artwork, it really was kind of a way, I’ve always kind of drawn and liked visual imagery, but for me it was, when I started to paint on an actual canvas in the early ‘90s I was really aware to try and create a piece of art that’s Tibetan in some ways, not necessarily a replica of a traditional Tibetan painting, but Tibetan nevertheless, conceptually that I could have in the apartment. I don’t mean to sound convoluted, but I think that’s fundamental, for me. So generally speaking, I think it’s an enhanced way of receiving the world visually. I think you can see things artfully and be aware of everything or you can not see anything and just walk through life. ![]() L: I think on a very fundamental level for me, art means a way of seeing things, from morning to night, how you see things. T: Moving back to your work, what does art mean to you? For me, I think it’s made me have a more liberal view on things, a little suspicious of people who follow extreme thinking, and so I’ve learned to kind of take things into consideration in a way that is more accepting than perhaps some people are I think, and some has to do with the movies and the music and the books that were coming out at the time, generally. I was a child in the ‘60s, so I missed out on a lot of the fun of the ‘60s, having been just a kid, but I think it’s difficult to say how a period shapes you, because it depends on your environment and your immediate people around you and their political and emotional state. L: I think, I haven’t really thought about it, now that you ask, how it treated me. How did that shape you and how did that stand out? Speaking of your background, I hear you grew up during the era of the Beatles, the Moonlanding, Vietnam. T: That sounds like an amazing experience. Pieces of Potala Palace, pieces of different Tibetan scenery all built, lots of interiors all built there. Incredible sets built right there in this completely out of the way place in Morocco. Filming was done in Morocco, we were in Morocco for 3 months. He had made the decision to cast real Tibetans and then I think he realized that there were no real Tibetan actors, especially at the time, this was in 1997, so he casted for people that he thought would fit the roles, and I was lucky enough to be chosen to get that part. So I think, that’s one of the reasons why she took it to him. He’d done a movie on Jesus Christ, so I think Martin Scorsese was someone who’d spent a lot of time thinking about the spiritual conflict of individuals and dealing with issues and things that really tear people apart and how people deal with it from the spiritual perspective. I think primarily because he’s dealt with these issues of spiritual conflict. She was the wife of Harrison Ford, the actor, and she wrote the book and she took it to Martin Scorsese and I’m not sure why she took it to Martin Scorsese as opposed to other directors. L: Well the project was based on a book written by Melissa Mathison, for people who may not know her, she was the late Melissa Mathison. T: Can you tell us about the project, and also how you got involved with it? A lot of people actually broke down and it was incredible. They were getting very emotional during some of these scenes. None of us Tibetans, who took part in that project were really trained actors, so it was really a learning experience but also a very very emotional experience for us also, especially the people even older than myself who were there as extras playing in the background. That was an incredible opportunity, wonderful experience. T: I was looking at your portfolio, I see that you are not only a painter but also an actor! Lord Chamberlain. My background is I was born in Tibet, in Lhasa, and we left Tibet late ‘50s during the occupation and I lived mainly a couple years in India, but early schooling in Britain and most of the time here in the US since 1974. So I primarily try to paint and read, and am involved in small projects. L: What I do these days, I stopped working. T: Can you tell me a little bit about what you do and your background? I like, I really don’t know the names of too many flowers, but I like wildflowers, perennial wildflowers more than big blooming annuals. Losang Gyatso: Oh my god, I have a garden. ![]() Tsering Zangmo: I wanted to start off with some icebreakers: what is your favorite flower?
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