how adorable!
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25 November 2011
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07 October 2011
R.I.P.
Two days ago we were still moaning about the disappointing iPhone 4S, who would ever thought that the legendary Steve Jobs would pass away two days later?
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
Thank you for your encouragement Steve, and I will always remember that in my heart.
R.I.P.
19 September 2011
Believe
The best 5 days in the United States. I saw the best of the world, and I met some of the best people in my life. Sounds so cliché, but life is like a dream - miracles happen when you least expected it.
Keep believing.
08 September 2011
The Art of Arranging
I started reading this book today, Ultimate Method for Reaching the Esentials (佐藤可士和之超級整理術) by Japanese Graphic Designer Kashiwa Sato, and I thought it was very clever. In this ever so complicated world, we always tend to take in so much information every single second that we lose sight of things easily. Through tidying space, information and thinking, we eventually have a better picture of what the essentials are and lead to more efficient problem-solving. Not only can this apply to design, it can also be applied in our everyday life.
I'm only in the first few chapters of the book, but I already think that's what I've been lacking these days. Too many things cluttered on my desk, too much information to take, too many things to think about. Just too much going on in life I get a little stuck.
This book also reminds me of some impressive project I saw on the web few days ago. Swiss Artist Ursus Wehrli is releasing a new book called The Art of Clean Up, where he takes everyday scenes or disorder and rearranges them into neat rows, sorted by different attributes. Here are some of them.
Are you stuck in life at the moment? If yes, it's time to start arranging.
12 August 2011
荒謬了，也正常了。
世界真的變了。
連日的股市暴跌，也不及英國連日的暴動令人傷心﹑憤怒。
一切都被顛倒了。
真的難以置信，這些沒頭沒腦的人，大部分都只有十多歲。他們真的對警方存在這麼多的不滿？還是他們有太多的壓力需要抒發？年青的他們是沒事找事做？抑或其實只是羊群效應？
英國BBC形容這次事件為 'Mindless Hooliganism', 真的十分貼切。這其實只是一場心理遊戲，要明白事件的來龍去脈，先要明白他們的心理。
"Humans are the best on the planet at imitating. And we tend to imitate what is successful. If you see that people are walking out of a shop with a widescreen TV and trainers, a certain kind of person thinks why shouldn't I do that?"
原來這就是人性的真面目。
當人人都做著同樣荒謬的事，
再荒謬的事都變得正常了。
Click here for more analysis from BBC.
28 July 2011
23 July 2011
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怎麼我們都渴望擁有豐厚的收入
怎麼我們都只有同一個目標
怎麼我們都想在金融界發展
如果明天金錢不再存在
我們的生活還有意義嗎
你富有了 就等於快樂嗎
沒有金錢 你還會快樂嗎
03 July 2011
The world means nothing without you
And afterall, human beings are all that matters.
Without men, there is no love on Earth.
And love is all that matters.
27 June 2011
艾未未回來了
在剛過去的星期看了＜愛未來＞－一個關於藝術和言論自由的展覽，剛巧艾未未就在這星期回家了。究竟艾未未有沒有經濟犯罪，無故拘留是錯或對，對於法律知識較貧乏的我，真不敢言說。這次的事件卻令我們反思中國現有的社會問題。
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| 當謊言和偽善成為一個社會的共識， 我們將面臨體制性的原則喪失和判斷喪失。 當基本原則和判斷都喪失了， 美學就喪失了依據。－艾未未 |
令我訝異的是，這次展覽的很多都已是六七十年代的作品，看上去卻是多麼的現代。原來幾十年來，中國都有一羣人在默默地努力，做著應該做的事，說出應該說的話。雖說中國現在一日千里，我還是看到很多不公平，不真實和扼殺自由的事。我真的不希望謊言和偽善會成為社會的共識，我卻看見這些事每天都在發生。
我們可以做的，就是堅持。
Speak the truth, keep the integrity.
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| 中國女藝術家肖魯曾在中國美術館向自己的作品開槍 |
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| 你或者可以控制我的行為，但你可以控制我的思想嗎？ |
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| NO THINKING －高小蘭 |
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04 June 2011
Art must be beautiful?
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| by Korean artist Park Kyung-Sun. truly beautiful. |
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| Will you call this beautiful? |
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| Kids imitating sculptures by Yi Hwan-Kwon. Are they beautiful? I don't know. But they certainly make you think from a very different angle. |
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| I look forward to the real-life version of this - by Hong Kong designer Douglas Young. |
The annual debate at HK Art Fair this year was titled 'Art must be beautiful', and what Singaporean Artist Ming Wong did had brought much shock to many people. Against the topic, he started stripping his clothes off, from the Maggie Cheung look as in In the Mood For Love to only dirty underwear left. His point was that what is beautiful on the outside might not be beautiful inside, which I truly agree. There is always many ways to look at things. He also stated that "Hong Kong is captivating like a woman wearing an expensive fur coat but underneath wears dirty knickers." Well...this, is a very subjective statement.
ART
What is art? In general art is any kind of creations often involving expressions and emotions, but the word has been used so extensively that anything can be called art. As I've seen recently from a shop display, that 'Sport is Art'. Really?
MUST BE
There isn't anything called MUST in this world. Nothing is a must.
BEAUTIFUL
What is beauty? Beauty is such a subjective thing, what is beautiful to you might not be beautiful to me. It also depends on how you see it. There is a beauty in everything.
With all these words more than subjective, I don't see any point to debate on this. But even with my subjective definition of these words, I don't think art must be beautiful. They are often stirring, sad, lonely, ugly, incomplete etc., giving me space to think and allowing me to see from a different point of view. Of course, as a human being, I am naturally attracted to beautiful things, but they are definitely not the only things that attract me.
Apart from this very interesting debate, I must also say, the art pieces from Korea are really outstanding.
29 May 2011
Bettina Rheims
Some of the most interesting photos I have ever seen, French photographer Bettina Rheims's photographs really fascinate me. So much drama, so emotional, so mysterious, so controversial, so beautiful. And behind all the beauty, there's always a story behind. I have never thought of such outstanding sensual quality from women, but she's right - this emotional touch we see from women, we will never be able to find it in men. It is fragility, but it is also a strength that can only be found in women.
http://www.bettinarheims.com/
26 May 2011
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