Changes

One of the things I was happy about regarding the cover of On The Other Side Of The Eye was being given permission to include a traditional nak from Laos. Not only that, but it was also the nak from my family's wat in Modesto, making it the first time a Lao American nak has appeared on the cover of a book by a Lao American. And as far as I can tell, anyone else's.

Over the last ten years since I first took a picture of it in 2003, the residents painted it. Here's how it looks today in Modesto: