Juming@Taiwan10.2005

I dunno much about Juming but fortunately, i have the chance to encounter his works in different places, different countries and different time.
What fascinate me is the chemistry creates between his large-scaled sculptures and the environment...

Juming@Shantou 29.10.2007

旅行的義意 02

巳經有一段時間沒有出外看看。幸運地，一走便到國內打了兩轉。
這次工作旅程充滿驚喜、奇遇，也像一面鏡子，看到自身的不足。
還是加把勁繼續上路吧…

The taste of food 11

一位新加坡友人說香港人很懂得「食」，對飲食十分講究。
心裡並不相信，以為絕大部份亞洲人也喜歡食吧！
不過那天到Miss A家中品嚐了以為只有在 discovery travel & living channel 出現的 high tea後，也開始認同友人的說法！

癌

從新聞得知陳美齡患乳癌…
陳美齡 = Agnes Chan
新聞員報導時好像和我對話着，
感覺很不好…
五十二歲的我會是怎樣？
嫁到日本、擁有一個老公兼經理人及兩名子女的福氣相信沒有了，
周身病痛也走不掉…

小記：原來我曾經也有機會是一半日本人，老媽說過她的舊老闆曾邀她到日本工作，
那時她只有十六歲，太年幼，婆婆不許。如果老媽真的去了日本的話，
也許我是個中日混血兒吧！:P

看

巳有一段時間沒有以macro(微觀)角度來觀看事物，去創作…
對(人、男女朋友)要macro，工作要 Micro(宏觀)又要marco去對工作上的人…
很不容易… 可以簡單嗎？

空間

近期乘搭巴士時也帶備一本輕便書藉閱讀或對窗發獃，
盡量避看重複的畫面，某天看到的有點不同…

花火

一直對煙花滙演沒有什麽好感。
政府把金錢燃燒可不把它援助弱勢社群。
自從在旅途中看過兩次難忘的煙花滙演後，又對它有所改觀。
可能香港的煙花滙演或詠彩幻香江能帶給旅途中的人及小孩一些難忘的
回憶和專業技術人員的就業機會…
那天晚上，手拿一包蝦條和玉泉，走上公司天台觀看煙花，
感覺像「不能結婚的男人」的阿部寬，輕鬆自在…

A song for the windy nite ...

Too windy tonite...and this old tune popped up in mind...a sad song related to wind...

Jimi Hendrix -Wind Cries Mary
After all the jacks are in their boxes and the clowns have all gone to bed
You can hear happiness staggering on down the street
Footprints dressed in red and the wind whispers mary

A broom is drearily sweeping up the broken pieces of yesterdays life
Somewhere a queen is weeping somewhere a king has no wife
And the wind it cries mary

The traffic lights they turn of blue tomorrow
And shine their emptiness down on my bed
The tiny island sails downstream cause the life that lived is dead
And the wind screams mary

Will the wind ever remember the names it has blown in the past
And with this crutch its old age and its wisdom
It whispers no this will be the last
And the wind cries mary

my lower back = the sign of aging

hurt my lower back during the cycling class today ...
it 's my first time to get hurt from sport for the past 10 months..
it just happened suddenly even i had my warm up and stretching ...

it's about time to get a more intensive training for the marathon and i have already hurt my body...
sigh... really cant push it ..
my spirit is still young but my body also reveal the sign of a early 30's female's physical body ... :(

Helen Levitt

收到一封enews，被幾幅以兒童為對象的圖片及chalk graffiti drawing吸引着，google 一番後初步認識了這位年近八十仍十分活躍的女攝影師。

Helen Levitt(1931-)生於 Brooklyn, New York，自學攝影兼教兒童藝術。兒童便成了她拍攝的主要對象。In The Street: chalk drawings and messages, New York City 1938–1948 記錄了三十至四十年代，紐約街頭兒童用粉筆畫graffiti的作品集。其後她的作品集如Crosstown(黑白), Slide Show: The Color Photographs of Helen Levitt (彩色)及 Here and There(黑白)全部以街頭人、景、物為題材。她的作品風格寫實自然，人物不需在鏡頭前擺姿造作。在鏡頭下，一切平凡的事物呈現出一種難以形容的自然及詩意美。
看她的作品令我想起很喜歡的 Cartier Bresson，在網上閱讀一些文章時也發現她的作品常被提及與Bresson 和Walker Evans 共通之處，以下的節錄也許能說明一點：
" Her self-taught education aligned her with Henri Cartier-Bresson and Walker Evans. Cartier-Bresson's work taught her three lessons: a blunt photographic record of ordinary facts could reveal the mystery and fantasy within daily life; that the poetry in such pictures turned its back on conventional value systems and notions of beauty; and that this art, which trafficked in the momentary, was not haphazard."
後記：得知她在1940年拍攝的短片 In the Street，很想看看…



Untitled, New York (spider girl, green car), 1980



Untitled, NYC 1972



Untitled (four girls faces by steps),1939



New York



Photo from Crosstown, 2001

更多精彩的兒童chalk drawing圖片 : http://www.laurencemillergallery.com/levitt_vgraffiti.htm

Mooncake

so nice to receive this box of mooncake on the boring Friday!
nice design but not so environmental friendly...:)

Jude Law and the dog

the latest Dunhill menswear billboard was up . It was nice to see the handsome Jude Law face and cool posture.
As the bus passes by the same spot everyday, i feel "uncomfortable" with the billboard...
that's Jude Law just sitting next with the dog... um ... it seems he wanna stay with the dog rather than with human being ...

time to let it go

haven't been going out for drink on fri nite for a while...
really need a chill out from work ...
this month is pretty intensive...

sadly, my necklace was broken in the middle of the conversation...
i am not the one who fancy in necklace or accessories... but i really like this necklace even though it's not a expensive one ... cant explain...

" it's a sign to indicate u should let it go " ... said my friend ...

i keep thinking abt his word ... what kind of thing that i should let it go in life ... actualy there are a few matters who bother me for some while..guess it's really a time to let it go ...

time to keep yr life simple...

The Man From London

《倫敦來客》是匈牙利導演 Béla Tarr 零七年最新作品。這是第三次看他的作品。還記得兩年前也是在Agnes b CINEMA!看過他的《撒旦探戈》Sátántangó (1994) ，片長七小時，幸好從辦公室拿來坐墊還與友人作伴，恐防集中力不夠便打瞌睡…他的電影真是不容易看，長鏡頭、節奏緩慢、就像一幅巨形拼圖，觀眾需要耐心地把人、事、物拼湊一起。

《倫敦來客》也是如此，不過是一個偵探小說故事，相比《殘缺的和聲》Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)和《撒旦探戈》我所看過的前兩部作品，來得比較容易消化。
欣賞他的簡約 —影片前段只有數句對白，充份運用影像說故事，；
欣賞他的長鏡頭 —給予觀眾空間，把故事慢慢連接起來；
欣賞他的節奏 —對於習慣了「速戰速決」、「即食」影像的觀眾在觀賞習慣上來個沖擊；
不過，這幾種元素一旦失去平衡，便會失了重心，變得鬆散…
他的作品如在大銀幕放映的話，我仍會把握機會看，不過說不上十分喜歡…
太沈重了，有點受不了…

《殘缺的和聲》的尾段，令我感動的一幕，沈重的一段…

Zabriskie Point

安東尼奧離開了，
很想寫一些對他的作品感想，
很想重看他所有作品，再次認識他…
今晚，想起這套他唯一的美國電影 Zabriskie Point (1970)
想起一些零碎片段…
這是電影的尾段，Pink Floyd的音樂，震撼的場面…

Keep Running

Registration Confirmation
RACE: 10 km - Women

Thank you for registering for the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2007!

Overseas runners who arrive after the race entry pack collection days can collect their Race Entry Pack at Suntec City Convention Centre on 29 Nov, 30 Nov & 1 Dec, where overseas runners are welcomed to collect their race entry packs.

..... too excited by just reading the email...One step closer ! :)

又一年

On the Road轉眼又一年！
翻看第一篇blog 記，回想這一年走過的路，
不過不失…除了在原本的大路上行走，
也嘗試行得大步一點、尋找新的小路 。
仍自覺未夠踏上"side track"的膽量和好奇心。

看見三歲半姪兒對新事物的探索好奇心態，
雖然這些事物對成年人來說根本是平平無奇，
對他來說卻是一個樂園，從他眼中發掘的東西往往
層出不窮，意想不到…

我們從經驗中學習但經驗往往亦成為一種限制，
在做人處事上變得更加審慎，害怕面對、失去、失敗，
多了收飾、計算，少了幾分坦誠的勇氣。

與姪兒相處令我有很體會，他的探索精神
也正是踏上"side track"所需要的…

小休片刻…

每天能看見這樣的日落，
晚上在月光影照下睡着，
也是一件樂事…很滿足…
如果這一刻要離開這個世界，
也無悔…

Anchor Music (Tag Blog)

In response to Green Rabbit's request on "your favorite Anchor Music",
here comes my anchor music .. or music which smooth my moody day ...

1) Bjork - Declare Independence



* A track from her latest album "Volta".
I am so moved by the strong rhythm and lyrics!
this is the live performance from Glastonbury 2007 ! very powerful!
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2) The Verve - On your own



Tell me what you seen
Was it a dream?
Was I in it?
Life seems so obscene
Until it's over
Who knows?

All I want is someone who can fill the hole
In the life I know
In between life and death
When there's nothing left
Do you wanna know?

You come in on your own
And you leave on your own
Forget the lovers you've know
And your friends on your own

* The Verve is one of my fav. music band ..this song is almost 10 yrs from now...
The lyrics is not the "encouraging" one , but a very true and honest piece of word...
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3) The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony



'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life
Try to make ends meet
You're a slave to money then you die
I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
You know the one that takes you to the places
where all the veins meet yeah,

No change, I can change
I can change, I can change
But I'm here in my mold
I am here in my mold
But I'm a million different people
from one day to the next
I can't change my mold
No, no, no, no, no

Well I never pray
But tonight I'm on my knees yeah
I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah
I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now
But the airways are clean and there's nobody singing to me now

* Still , the song from my fav. band , i love...not only the lyrics, the beat..but also the MV...simple yet straight to the point!
Imagine you walk on the street with the tune in your mind....

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4) Madonna - Sorry



I don't wanna hear, I don't wanna know
Please don't say you're sorry
I've heard it all before
And I can take care of myself
I don't wanna hear, I don't wanna know
Please don't say 'forgive me'
I've seen it all before
And I can't take it anymore

You're not half the man you think you are
Save your words because you've gone too far
I listened to your lies and all your stories (listen to your stories)
You're not half the man you'd like to be

Don't explain yourself cause talk is cheap
There's more important things than hearing you speak
You stayed because I made it so convenient (made it so convenient)
Don't explain yourself, you'll never see

* i admit, this is my recent fav. "heal the heartbreak" + cycling song...
i just found out it also applies in my work ...
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5) Pink Floyd - Another Brick of the Wall



* my anchor music / school anthem in my high sch and uni days..
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6) 林憶蓮 - 為何他會離開你



* why it becomes my anchor music ?... the lyrics act like a sharp knife and stab
directly into your wounded heart... instead of stab deepen into your wound,it "encourage " you to bounce back and release from the pain ...
"Just let it go" ...another "heartbreak healing song"

well, that's all i can think of at this moment...
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