Sharon Chin
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Sharon Chin
@chincarok.bsky.social
Artist living next to mangroves and oil refineries. I write a newsletter called Smoke Signals.

Port Dickson, Malaysia.
https://smokesignals.sharonchin.com
Late night dinner with roti tisu and @zedecksiew.bsky.social. He’s studying for his driving test tomorrow
September 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I do think the footwear could be less basic. Maybe something like this boot from American designer Colleen Allen
September 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Emmanuelle Khanh Paris velvet dress

www.carousell.com.my/p/emmanuelle...
September 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Dressing like Kleya Marki from Andor Season 2 - costume design by Michael Wilkinson
September 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
@zedecksiew.bsky.social made some really cool drawings of us residents meeting with refinery management, including the door gifts - plastic water tumblers and succulent plants.

At least they didn’t give us *fire extinguishers*, like at the last meeting 🧯🧯🧯
September 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Brian often makes me think about how Thich Nhat Hanh describes who can be relied on in society.

‘I don’t believe in the intellectuals very much’ - luv to be dragged by a zen master lol

I want to be like Brian - arguably, an intellectual who CAN be relied on, who shows up
September 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Was introduced to buah kasai which grows everywhere in Batu Arang. The hard shell can only be opened by crushing one fruit against another! Good metaphor for solidarity in there.

Tastes like if rambutan and longan had a delicious baby
September 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Visited the town of Batu Arang in Rawang, Selangor, where residents are fighting the development of a mega waste incinerator.

The town sits on dense coal deposits and shale rock. Beautiful lakes are actually open-cast mining ponds left behind by British colonizers
September 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
My favorite part of the cover art (by our dear friend Jun Kit) is this farting snail. In Malay, the word for snail is siput, and 'si' is a prefix used to call someone names, like si bodoh (dumbass), si pencuri (thief), etc. So si *poot* is a farter AND snail mwahahhaa
September 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Took some photos of #CreaturesofNearKingdoms in good lighting. This book is still unfolding our destiny, carrying @zedecksiew.bsky.social and I where we need to go...

#printmaking
September 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Post an old person you’re going to turn into
September 2, 2025 at 8:23 AM
When I said I was gonna print the 50 animal linocuts from our book #CreaturesofNearKingdoms, Zedeck said he would match my freak and write a new game set in a new world, *spurred* (hehe) by each animal I was printing.

He has 9 chapters to my 2 creatures. I gotta hustle 😤

#printmaking
August 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM