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Read Part 2 >> TN: Do you think you make art as a way to fill in those gaps or to speak to t…

Tamiko Nimura • Sept. 10, 2023

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Wisdom Grown Wild: A Conversation with Filmmaker Rea Tajiri — Part 2

Read Part 1 >> TN: I’ve been starting to think about what it is to write memoir and I&…

Tamiko Nimura • Sept. 3, 2023

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Wisdom Grown Wild: A Conversation with Filmmaker Rea Tajiri — Part 1

In Rea Tajiri’s documentary Wisdom Gone Wild, an elderly Nisei woman is sitting outside in …

Tamiko Nimura • Aug. 27, 2023

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Traveling to Japan With a Loved One Who Has Dementia

My mom has suffered from worsening dementia for years, and when my brothers and I saw increasing si…

Gil Asakawa • Aug. 7, 2018

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When Family Caregiving Isn’t Enough for Your Parent

My brother Glenn and I moved my mom from her house in Lafayette, Colorado, last month to live in a …

Gil Asakawa • May 30, 2018

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Wisdom Grown Wild: A Conversation with Filmmaker Rea Tajiri — Part 3

Wisdom Grown Wild: A Conversation with Filmmaker Rea Tajiri — Part 2

Wisdom Grown Wild: A Conversation with Filmmaker Rea Tajiri — Part 1

Traveling to Japan With a Loved One Who Has Dementia

When Family Caregiving Isn’t Enough for Your Parent