I don't see people that much and the culture I interact with, it seems pretty just American rather than Hawaiian, I would say. I haven't been affected by the culture much.
Pretty much just on the land and it could be anywhere that I could get this benefit of being in a cleaner area. Have you tried Kava or 'Ava or any other, I mean have any of their local foods or, I know you're kind of on a carnivore diet, but hokey or hunting culture or music or the different racial composition of Hawaii? Any thoughts on those issues or just really focusing on the land and how that's just cleaner? But here there's a ton of birds, but besides that, I don't think it has affected me much. For example, I lived in New Jersey, rural New Jersey for a while and there were no birds around at all. Because I lived in New York City from 2001 to 2018, and then I moved to upstate New York to more rural areas, but it still seemed pretty polluted compared to Hawaii. I think the main thing I've gotten from Hawaii is just being in a more rural, healthier environment with less air pollution and less electromagnetic radiation. I mean, sometimes your answers seem, is there anything from Hawaii or Polynesian culture that's kind of affecting you? I'm curious what you've taken from Hawaii. So I think one of the first questions I want to ask you, Tao, you've been in Hawaii for about four years, I think now you're on the big island and I've been in Hawaii since maybe four or five years with my partner's Polynesian. Well, I think it's very noticeable, so keep it up and I mean, I'm always trying to work on my voice and I think a lot of it has to do with just breath management and just I'm really understanding the importance of breath and trying to control and respect breath. But a lot of it has been from practice because with my writing career, I've done probably hundreds of interviews and readings and I've just gotten better at talking over time. And I've just gotten better at it through practice and through improving my health in various ways. And 10 years ago it was already much better than I was as a teenager when I could barely talk at all. Just your oral skills seem different than they were 10 years ago at least. Maybe it's just evolution of your confidence, but I don't know if that's anything you've noticed or anything. He's another author, songwriter, musician, writer, and he on you maybe 10, 12, I don't even know how many years ago, and I interviewed him and I had been following your work for that many years and I, I've seen you speak in San Francisco in person, and I honestly think your speech patterns have become more fluid and more dynamic and more responsive. I first learned about your work from mom. I was saying one of the articles you wrote recently was about curing your autism. I don't get much social interaction these days. Oh no, it's good practice for me talking. Well, Tao, I really appreciate your time and I think you have another, I'm going to call it symposium or author talk this weekend, so I don't want to take too much of your time. Did you listen to any of them or read some of my interviews? How are you? Thanks for wanting to talk to me. I’ve been following Tao’s work for over a decade so this was a treat to connect. We connect today to explore his current work on his body mind, his current writing, his views on spirituality, daily routines, the rural vs urban, how he navigates the tension between mainstream and alternative narratives, gate keeping, poisoning the well, on relationships, and how Tao continues to push the boundaries of contemporary thought with original innovative work. Currently living on the Big Island in Hawaii, Tao continues to push the boundaries of contemporary literature with his thought-provoking and innovative work.
He has published several books, including the acclaimed novels 'Taipei,' 'Shoplifting from American Apparel,' and 'Leave Society.' Tao is also the editor of MuuMuu House, which he founded in 2008. He’s published several novels, and works of non fiction. He’s an American novelist, poet, essayist, short-story writer and artist. Tao Lin is an exciting original acclaimed voice trying who is trying to make make sense of the personal and external confusion. The Times of the UK called Tao Lin “a daring, urgent voice for a malfunctioning age,"
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