Aural Presence: Bhurin Sead’s perspective on being a Blue Man
Welcome back to Aural Presence: Asian American Presents! This regular Boston Progress Radio podcast series brings the voices of Boston-area API* artists and activists to you by sharing conversations, music, poetry and more.
This week, we speak with Bhurin Sead.
First brought to my attention as the first and only Asian-American Blue Man, Bhurin Sead (of the Silk Mangos) is a man of (at least in my encounters with him) initially unobtrusive presence, but once we got talking on Inauguration Day, the enthusiasm took only minutes to manifest, to the extent that our exuberance became disruptive (unintentionally, of course) to our fellow cafe denizens. So we relocated to Bhurin and Bonnibel’s apartment just down the street and recorded this podcast in which Bhurin shares his Blue Man stories as well as his current aspirations and thoughts.
Here are a couple things Bhurin energetically expresses in the podcast:
“The Blue Man character finds himself in all these different moments, and he is just completely honest, and his ego is out of the picture, and he’s really… captivated in the moment by whatever it is… he’s examining or experimenting [with]… The Blue Man is fully committed to that moment.”
“The character exists in everyone. It’s whether or not we want to allow that character to come out… I feel that everyone has a Blue Man inside them… It’s the youthful energy that wants to explore, that wants to connect with people and that wants to share and be around people and, you know, move forward…. And the character is so much fun to play… it allows you do things your wouldn’t normally do… it teaches you to not take things for granted.”
Check back for part 2, in which Bhurin talks about growing up in a small Texan town, his perspectives on art (which reminded me of feelings Pen Khek shared about the selfishness art seems to involve) and Asian Americans in the media.
Thanks to Bhurin for allowing us to use his song “Dorothy” in this podcast, to Leona for the picture and to Eugene for general awesomeness.
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