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- In Memoriam
Leslie Cheung
1956-2003
Our Leslie, beautiful like a flower.
I love you today and always--
a part of my heart beats for you alone,
tonight and forever.
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Inspired by Lin Liang Feng - Autumn
2009-11-05 8:48AM / 標準BLOG
October
the day we draw our last breath
and our eyes stare into the vastness of nothing,
water will still flow downhill
sunrise will follow sunset
the moon will wax and then wane
a new life will be the reward for our surrender,
delighting the hearts of some other family
nothing we can say, or do, or believe will change this
November
carry me beyond what I know
free me from the smallness of belief
expand the constriction of thought
remove “I and thou”
take me to a place where mountain
sky
grass and I
simply be
December
it calls to something deep within us—
this land so
vast
pristine
and remote
from the world of human affairs
here time reigns as
master of eons,
the life of man a shooting star—
lighting the night sky for an instant only,
then no more
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One locale on the map of grief
2009-10-12 4:49AM / 標準BLOG
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Funkaliscious Shirley Bassey
2009-10-08 6:09AM / 標準BLOG
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The best of Fall
2009-10-05 5:50AM / 標準BLOG
Here are a few of my favorite pics from the album I just uploaded. All of these pictures were shot in my yard this afternoon.
Signs of fall are beginning to appear.
The last flowers
Fruits and berries
Leaves changing color
This plant, a wishbone flower, is what they call a "volunteer". I didn't plant it in this planter, well, at least not this year. I planted it last year. Then, in the winter it died and I planted violas in the spring. They died in the summer and, in late July, this plant began to grow. Pretty cool, huh?
A little poison ivy and, yes, it does climb up trees as a vine. Hikers beware!
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Exploring China through its art
2009-10-04 9:29AM / 標準BLOG
I went to the art library today at the local university. Because it is a state institution, as a resident I can pay a small fee every year and then have the right to check out any circulating materials (book, DVD or CD) from 1 to 3 months.
Today I came home with these recently published and highly recommended books about contemporary Chinese art.
Once I've had a chance to read them, I'll let you know what I think.
Here is what I'm currently reading:
Shu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art. This is an exhibition catalog from a show at the China Institute Gallery in New York. Next time I'm in New York, I'll have to stop by the China Institute and see what they have on display.
I just finished reading this excellent catalog from a show at the Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
I love how Xu Bing writes his name in Square Word Calligraphy. Look carefully and you can see that he has written his name not in Chinese characters, but in Western script and arranged each word in a square format and with traditional Chinese brush strokes. This is his attempt to give Westerners who don't read Chinese an experience akin to what a person who reads Chinese would have reading Chinese characters. Pretty cool, huh?
It have been many years since I have been so engrossed in reading art history. I would say this homecoming has been long overdue, even though my area of interest now is quite different from what it was when I was working on my doctorate. Then I was researching Western Medieval Art. But Chinese art, past and present, is such a rich and satisfying topic that I foresee many years of study and appreciation. As with most things about China, the topic is virtually inexhaustible.
