Saturday, December 19, 2009

crisis

As this is posted in such a public space it might be dangerous to me. :P

I'm just having some crisis of why doing so again.

In this world there are so many things that are more "saying" than "doing". Maybe I don't know enough about other countries, this is what I have observed in Taiwan.

So you create an art work, and its nice, but you still have to write a bunch of crap to prove its worth. Or vice versa, you made a crap, and you write a bunch of crap to make it look awesome. It doesn't matter. In the end what matters is how you write.

Then why not just write, and do nothing?

What's the difference between art work and critics?

I can write well. But I just don't want to do so right now. No. I've been trained well on writing chinese, but I just don't want to use the power of pen (and some fancy words without real meanings) to *make a work look valuable*.

Sometimes this "writing activities" makes me wonder if it is cheating at all. Seems not, since all the "activities" (in art) are just about "writing competitions" along with personal tastes anyway. It IS about the writing, not about the "work" after all. So why not just accept it?

Yes I actually took time to read through many thesis written by art / interactive art / design students. 80% of them I really can't see anything new except for citing references. Usually McLuhan, Barthes, Derrida, Sontag, Baudrillard, Ascott, Benjamin... And there are rarely anything new. Then why write it?

Oh because it's just a game about how you speak. *wink*

Really the question is just whether you want to play the game with them or not. (But I really don't want to.)

So I have a crisis, again.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Aw

Long since I last posted. Right now I am work on my SOP/Motivation/Essay for applying universities. Hard to write. Especially hard for my current status: the "tofu" status. My brain is full of tofu right now. :p No, maybe not tofu, but just fat and protein that doesn't even functioning. Oh I am so amazed that I am still capable of writing. The life have been so dull in the past one month, and I feel so dead. It's like there's always a threshold of motivations (to live) that when I push myself above the threshold then I am living happily, but if I didn't work hard enough then I am nothing more than vegetables... or carnivorous plants. *wink*

There's an exam waiting for me this weekend, and I am not studying at all. Really. And I have to make sure one of my application sends out before Oct 25. Neither am I preparing the digital portfolio. OMG. How do I work when my brain is nothing but junk?

Only one good thing is I am much more clear about what I want now. So writing the SOP is just hard for starting and writing itself instead of thinking of what my motivations are.

But still still still...

I think I need some talks with my friends to make my brain move.

Saturday, August 8, 2009

好久沒有坐下來好好寫些什麼。隨著壓力一波一波的來,我用遊戲痲痹自己消磨時間。
也許,颱風夜適合聽點安靜哀傷的音樂。

然而我什麼都不想做。

Monday, August 3, 2009

今天看到很喜歡的一段話

今天高金素梅去講原住民的權益不會有人聽,因為她是原住民。台灣就是大家都在看身分,因為你是原住民,所以你關心原住民
權益很合理。可是如果天上掉一個不知道自己在幹嘛,然後唱〈寶貝〉的人出來講說:「媽的,我覺得你們應該對原住民好一點!」大家會覺得:關你屁事啊?但如果你這樣講了幾年,啊如果你還能夠被人認出來你是張懸的話,人家就會想說你為什麼要那麼在乎,久了就會有些人開始去思考了。

---張懸於張鐵志訪問中

Thursday, June 18, 2009

A touching paragraph on Wikipedia

Primo Levi suggested that Anne Frank is frequently identified as a single representative of the millions of people who suffered and died as she did because, "One single Anne Frank moves us more than the countless others who suffered just as she did but whose faces have remained in the shadows. Perhaps it is better that way; if we were capable of taking in all the suffering of all those people, we would not be able to live."[57] In her closing message in Melissa Müller's biography of Anne Frank, Miep Gies expressed a similar thought, though she attempted to dispel what she felt was a growing misconception that "Anne symbolises the six million victims of the Holocaust", writing: "Anne's life and death were her own individual fate, an individual fate that happened six million times over. Anne cannot, and should not, stand for the many individuals whom the Nazis robbed of their lives... But her fate helps us grasp the immense loss the world suffered because of the Holocaust."[61]


From Wikipeda: Anne Frank

Friday, June 5, 2009

A film about web 2.0



Interesting.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Silhouette

Facebook上面給沒有照片的人們放了張沒有臉的剪影照片
但對於那些我知道的人,好像臉都會從剪影的空白空間裡浮出來
像親愛的J長得根本就跟剪影一個樣
J的媽媽卻要比剪影圓上許多
無法形容的好笑

Monday, May 18, 2009

張懸

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Wannabe

An experience tuner.
May there be aesthetic in every moment of life.
Make tuning easy.


On the way to is, is to:
Learn the skills and secrets of Art.
Experience life.
Love the world.
Knowing and be able to use all kinds of tools.

NOT JUST A DESIGNER.


Oh cut the crap. Need to be more determined and to move on and on, never stop.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Past

  又再度想起過去的這五年在清華,那樣的氣味,越進夏日越加濃厚。夜晚的路有許多溫度,柏油路是下午太陽餘溫,而草地附近的空氣總要降上一兩度並張狂的散發專屬青草的鮮美。飄忽的草味中還夾雜著也許是茉莉或某種花因風吹散的那絲絲微妙難以捕捉的清香。天空沒有一片雲,月兒又大又圓,周圍星星亦如是。
  不斷聽著張懸討人厭的字中間的電吉他solo,是捉不住的青春的尾巴。
  每次離開、改變總要難過上一陣子。
  會帶著什麼離開呢?
  又追尋什麼?

  真的,長大了嗎?

  能不能任性的過完最後兩個月?

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Epidemic simulation



Interesting. And scary.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Martine Franck says...

是     故事

  安靜無聲,如羽毛掉落在夜半映著月光的冰冷石子地。
  遙遠的聲音,無法捉摸,在空氣中遊走,忽近忽遠,忽近忽遠,最後化為簡單的三個符號。
  風乾了,是吊在草原上隨風擺盪的人形衣裳,輕飄飄還透著陽光與樹蔭。

  故事中好像總該出現的主角之一,在前一集裡面莽撞的邁向大無畏理想。故事中好像該與主角之一對話的主角之二呆坐在那條街上看著四季變化,看樹從翠綠變紅繼而變禿,又從禿變綠又變紅。

  事實上多少幻象與幾分交疊,人格打碎又重組的兩個過度完美極端,僅屬於故事裡的世界。

  迷迷濛濛外願意相信的也只能不顧一切的相信,並且努力減少過度安靜時才聽得見的耳鳴。

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

About NY and Parsons

For those who knows I got accepted by Parsons with annual scholarship of 16000 USD for two years, my newest decision is: I am not going.

Let's take a quick calculation: tuition fee for each semester is 17800 USD, and it increase every year. Each year consists of two semesters. The school work is going to be insanely busy that it would be hard to have enough time to take a part time job to earn enough money. Which means, it is very likely I'll be on debt when graduate.

Then it comes to how much my parents can support me. Maximum 10000 USD a year. And they still have to pay for their own living. All that I have paid for my own tuition since the first day I enrolled in school so far is approximately 4500 USD.

So it is like I will need some 26000 USD a year including living costs.

And I've asked whom had been to Parsons asking for the details of studying & living in NY. There were too many "I thought... but then it turn out..." in her message, not about the curriculums, but realistic aspects about living. Even she tends to leave the decision to me, I can sense something impotent in her words.

So it comes to the questions of whether I could afford the debt after graduated. Maybe I am more realistic on the expense since I had several interactive art exhibition experiences and some other experiences on looking for financial support of photography exhibitions. I have SOME ideas of how the society is willing to pay for art, and a bit more ideas of what are the preference of the society. I know NY is a place where everyone can find what he/she needs. Which is something I somehow afraid of too. I will want to be an artist, and will be an artist there. Because, there won't be enough training to take me into the whole industrial process and I just know too well what I love.

Does it worth that much? The debt, and my determination. The answer is: No, I am not so determined to do it. In fact, I gradually find that I love the "elements" that involved in these things, but how it is executed is not what I want. Uhm, blur? I still don't know how to explain it clearly yet. All I know is, this is not going to lead me to where I want to be. Even though Parsons is not an art school but a design school, it is a bit more realistic somehow. But still... Somehow I believe I can get to learn what I will be learning in Parsons by myself in the future. The tuition is way too high.

And, if I go there because of NY, why won't I just go there to live? Then I will only need to worry about the living costs.

Lastly, there is something going on inside myself when I was applying schools in the US this year. I want to get out of school somehow. Not leaving it totally, but I am tired of classes that only has homework instead of something substantial.

Anyway, so I am not going to Parsons.

Monday, April 6, 2009

一種午後的微光

  現在分明是半夜,電腦撥著無印良品解散前的精選集,桌上散滿亂畫的A4白紙。不知為何,腦裡突然浮現大四上在張老師家上課的景象。也許是張老師帶來的平靜,就好像紙筆摩擦般寧靜。沒得送她最後一程,還記得自己莫名其妙的特別難過。最後一堂課,她給每個學生單獨說話,她笑著說你們都很優秀,要有信心,不要給自己壓力太大。很愛很愛她超乎病痛的微笑,與每一次努力從輪椅上起來,用盡全身力量在椅子上找到穩固的姿勢,坐著給我們上一堂堂的課。她的身上好像有一種光,一種質樸的光。
  不知不覺的又開始想念她以及她帶來的美好。
  嗯。

Friday, April 3, 2009

Zoology



Found this book on my shelf. Well, the older, 2004 edition. Still find it tremendously interesting. Haven't read such things for such a long time... and I actually miss it. Oh, oh well.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Wind Kinetic Sculpture by Theo Yansen


Wind Farm from chaz golding on Vimeo.

Amazing. Like his work much much more than Susumu Singu. :P

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Imaginations

Imagination of the unseen is always the most luxuriant.

[+/-] Take a peek!


Peeking?


































What do you expect to see?



























EOF.
Happy Experiment!

Friday, March 27, 2009

Short play

Empty stage. A yellow projector light projects to a woman aged around 20~25 on the stage.

The woman start sobbing. Quietly. Staring blankly on the floor. 5 minutes had passed, she start crying with tears louder and louder. Another 10 minutes passed, she start to staring at the audience and still crying. Another 15 minutes had passed. She is still crying.

The light turned off suddenly. A scream. Curtains down.



LOL, this play needs someone who really can cry. :P

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Folk songs and myths

Folk songs, or say folk rhythms, is always my favorite. Chinese folk songs, the pentatonic scale, the drums. The mongolian throat singing and matouqin, the Norwegian jaw harp, the Sami Yoik, the runic songs, the Romanian dances, and Balkan music mix with gypsy music. The african drums and dances. Pagan religions and mythology.

On feature is that it is usually something about the mythical "imaginary" (or not!) world where Nature being transformed into creatures that share the same language of human society. Even we have long forgotten the universal language Nature uses, we still tend to communicate with Nature in our own language. We imagine there are gods or giants control raining, thunder, lightening, snowing, and the sun. We imagined there were ten suns upon the sky that Houyi (whose wife flied to the moon because she took too much drug!) had to shoot nine of them down to save the earth.

All these are hidden inside the folk music. When it plays, you get to see the ancient world come alive again in front of your eyes.

Did you see the rabbit shape shadow on the moon?

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Twitter! LOL!



Just have to share this. It is so true.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Music

Some music makes me productive (on writing), like Ketil Bjørnstad and Bach.
Some music wakes me up, like Matthew Lien.
Some music speeds up my mind, like Garbage, PInk Floyd (sometimes), Queen, Echo.
Some music knocks me out, like Bartók, and the folksongs.
Some music makes me cry, like the always forever lovely romantic chinese classicals.
And some music force me to hide from the sound waves, like CHINESE POP SONGS! LOL!

Holding the speakers tight, to feel the vibration, let it strokes the heart.
Flow with the tempo.
That's the moment when the soul turns into a liquid form.

Looking back then I notice how my culture nurtures me.
Could've worked harder, but. :)
Still much much to grasp, much to learn.

Dance with the music. Dance.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

玩玩Google Translate

  前幾天注意到Google Reader上面有個"Translate into my language"的選項。因為界面是英文,所有中文都被翻成英文,於是讓我想到了粉紅色噪音。翻譯過的文字是半詩意的,但我更想要讓它變得無法閱讀、無法理解。有人說,古文就行了,但我總想要它是散文。
  那麼,就來試試吧!

Oh, before that, we can have the famous Lucky from Beckett's Waiting for Godot! Original Text Here
鑑於存在的話中提出的公共工程沖床和Wattmann個人上帝quaquaquaqua與白鬍子quaquaquaqua時間以外延長誰不從高地的神聖apathia神的神聖性失語athambia愛我們付出了一些例外情況,原因不明,但時間會告訴,這是很象神米蘭達與誰,原因不明,但時間將告訴我們一切都在折磨暴跌暴跌在火災的火災起火如果這種情況繼續下去,誰也不能懷疑,將火災蒼穹這就是說爆炸地獄到天堂,使藍色依然如此平靜和安寧與平靜,即使間歇是聊勝於無,但沒有這麼快,並考慮更重要的是,由於勞動者未竟的王冠上的Acacacacademy的Anthropopopometry的埃西在Possy的Testew和丘納德它建立毫無疑問所有其他疑問,而不是死守到勞動者的男子說,由於勞動者未完成的Testew和Cunnard它是建立下文但如此之快,原因不明,由於公共工程的沖床和Wattmann成立毫無疑問,鑑於勞動力Fartov和貝爾徹未完成,原因不明的Testew和丘納德未完成它是建立了許多否認男子Possy的Testew和丘納德男子埃西說,這個人總之,人在短暫的,儘管步伐的營養和排便廢物和松樹廢物和松樹和同時同時更重要的是,原因不明,儘管進步的體育文化的做法,體育項目,如網球足球自行車游泳飛行運行浮動騎馬滑翔conating camogie滑冰網球死於各種飛行運動的各種秋冬季夏季冬季網球各類曲棍球各種青黴素和漆樹的一個詞我恢復飛行滑翔高爾夫超過9和18洞網球的各種中詞,原因不明的Feckham佩卡姆富勒姆克拉即同時同時更重要的是,原因不明,但時間會告訴我恢復消失了富勒姆克拉一句話虧損為死者的死亡負責,因為主教伯克利正在調整中的1英寸4盎司每頭大約基本上或多或少到最近的杜威良好措施輪數字一絲不掛在stockinged英尺康尼馬拉一句話,原因不明無論事實問題,並考慮更重要的是更加嚴重,在鑑於勞動力喪失的斯坦威格和彼得曼似乎更重要的是更嚴重,鑑於鑑於鑑於勞動力喪失的斯坦威格和彼得曼在平原山區的海洋的河流的水運行消防空氣是一樣的,然後就是地球的空氣,然後在地球上偉大的偉大黑暗寒冷的空氣和地球居留權的石頭在大冷唉可惜在今年的主600和一些空氣地球海洋地球居留權的石塊在大迪普斯大冷的土地上的海上和空中的我恢復,原因不明,儘管網球事實,但時間會告訴我恢復唉唉上在短期在罰款的居留權石頭誰可以懷疑我恢復,但沒有這麼快恢復頭骨衰落衰落衰落兼同時更重要的是,原因不明儘管在網球上的鬍子火焰的眼淚,使藍色的石頭如此平靜唉可惜的頭骨上的頭骨骷髏頭骨在康尼馬拉儘管網球的勞動放棄未竟仍然嚴重居留權石頭一句話我恢復唉唉放棄未完成的頭骨頭骨在康尼馬拉儘管網球頭骨唉石頭丘納德(混戰,最後vociferations )


And the english translation translated from the chinese translation:

In view of existence, then raised in public works and Wattmann punch quaquaquaqua personal God with white beard outside time quaquaquaqua Who does not extend from the sacred heights of God's sacred apathia aphasia athambia our love to pay a number of exceptions, for reasons unknown, but time will tell It is Xangsane Miranda with whom, for reasons unknown, but time will tell us all fall in torment plunged in fire fire fire If this situation continues, no one can doubt that will fire the firmament that is to say blast hell to heaven, so the blue is still so calm and tranquility and calm, even though intermittent is better than nothing, but not so quickly and to consider more important, because laborers unfinished Acacacacademy on the crown of the Anthropopopometry of Essy Possy at the Testew and Hill Nader, there is no doubt that it set up all other queries, rather than to the workers to defend the man said, because workers did not finish the Testew and Cunnard below it are set up so quickly but, for unknown reasons, because of public works set up a punch and Wattmann There is no doubt that in view of the labor force and Fartov belcher unfinished, unexplained Testew and Cunard did not finish a lot of it is set up to deny the Possy men and Cunard Testew man Essy said that the people short, people in the short-term , even though the pace of the nutrition and defecation wastes and pines wastes and pines and simultaneously at the same time, more importantly, for reasons unknown, even though the progress of the practice of sports, culture, sports items, such as tennis football running cycling swimming flying floating riding gliding conating camogie skating tennis Die in a variety of flying a variety of autumn and winter sport winter tennis summer hockey various types of penicillin and sumac, a word restore my flight gliding golf over nine and 18 holes tennis of all kinds of words, unexplained Feckham Peckham Fulham carats that is simultaneously At the same time, more importantly, for reasons unknown, but time will tell me restore lost word carat Fulham loss is responsible for the death of the deceased, as Bishop Berkeley, is the adjustment of the 1-inch 4 ounces per head is basically more or less around to the nearest decimal good measure round figures stark naked in the stockinged feet Connemara word, regardless of the fact that unexplained problem and consider more important are more serious, in view of the labor loss of Steinweg and Peterman it seems more important is more serious, given the view of the workforce in view of the loss of Steinweg and Peterman at the plains of the sea mountain rivers of water running fire the air is the same, then that is the Earth's air, then the Earth at great great darkness on the cold air and the Earth the right of abode in the cold stone Oh Lord Unfortunately, at this year's 600 and some air earth right of abode in the Earth's oceans at large Deeps large stone cold land on the sea and air restore me for reasons unknown, even though truth tennis, but time will tell on me唉唉Recovery fine in the short term at the right of abode of stones who can doubt my recovery, but not so quickly restore the skull fading fading fading and at the same time, more importantly, even though unexplained at tennis on the beard the flames the tears so that the stones of the blue so calm alas pity on skull skull skull skull in Connemara tennis even though unfinished work to give up the right of abode in the stone is still a serious sentence唉唉restore me to give up the unfinished skull skull in Connemara Although the tennis the skull alas the stones Cunard (scrimmage, the last vociferations)



那麼那麼文字多語並來回翻譯不完全的無法理解的奇妙詩意反覆進行撞擊沖積。
而如此的文字翻譯成英文竟然另有一番意義!

Saturday, March 21, 2009

關於自身情緒的新發現...

  說我是笨蛋吧。一直到這幾天才發現,原來我心情不好的時候通常有兩個主因: 1. 睡太少、太累,累過頭到自己都不覺得累,所以心情不好。 2. 餓了,但是又沒有意識到餓了。 通常這兩個原因都會在我喝過奶茶或是咖啡因飲料之後發生。

  原來我有餓肚子氣!哈哈!

Monday, March 16, 2009

寫啊寫

  當閱讀得越來越多,寫字打字好像就變成一種無法避免的嘔吐,因為身體裡塞進太多文字太多資訊,因為腦子停不住,因為憂鬱焦慮想太多堆得比人還高。
  跑了幾家店仍然找不到我想要的空白精裝筆記本。又當特定的某些事件讓我無法克制的持續書寫持續煩惱持續聒噪,一本恰當、帶有書寫重量的書變得極為重要,找不到這樣的書這樣的紙便讓我感到坐立難安。
  雖說前陣子難得放了幾年來的第一個假期,情緒難得平靜,但當假期結束,那所有所有的又再度降臨。每次當自己必須安靜的獨自呆在一個空間中,同樣的情緒便回來拜訪。於是耍賴著不唸書不起床,卻又嘗試要陽光的活著。
  買了更多的書,讀更多的書,造就更多更頻繁更無法抑制的嘔吐。
  差那麼一點又要將無止境可怕的情緒傾倒在最重要的人身上,又突然間意識到那樣並不公平。
  問題好像就在有太多想做有太多想要有太多想達到,而整個世界卻以另一種標準另一種速度前進著,還很年輕就覺得老。
  是真的,累過頭了嗎?
  這也是最後不到半年的大學生涯了呢。

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Now is the end of the beautiful dream

...Or reality.
Traveller return to the north.
But my spirit is with you along the way.
Inseparable.

I vision a circle, like the snake that eats its tail.
Ouroboros.
The repeating renewal.
The return of original.
We are back to the start again, but nothing is the same anymore.

The most beautiful shape of all, the circle.
Rotation, circulation, up to the sky.

Physical journey ends.
Mental journey just began.

And thus life is fulfilled.

Monday, February 23, 2009

About art, theatre, and such.

在多日地獄煎熬中總算爬了出來。
開展了。
The grand opening of the surrounding screen project.
或許是開展之後總算有時間看戲有機會呼吸自然,思緒總算恢復。

Even Jaen said it's a communication problem.

But I think of the meaning of art and such.
About this project.

I guess, in the end, I can't see myself anywhere in it.
It's not because it's an cooperative project.
I had cooperative projects about art and photography before.
And it is completely different.

我在攝影社的 另一部份是慾望 中有看到自己

I have seen the real spiritually challenges in the Lust/Counterpart Exhibition.

That, to me, is one step closer to art.

But this time, no.

I guess I gave up totally in the last few days, after Jaen had arrived.
The last ten days before exhibition.


Yeah, it's cool with animation.

So what.
Am I, are we, Jaen, Eric, and I, just people who design a "trigger" for the animations?

No one is reading the texts.
The contents are far from Ok.

I feel sorry.

And no, I don't think we can make the Venice Biennale.
This is not art.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

The best thing in the world is to have my best friend(s) to help me.

I'm in the dorm of NTMOFA right now. We had a tiring but wonderful day today. Guess I cannot be more thankful to my dear friends who came for help. I owe you a big big time. Love you guys. And it is so much fun to work with you. So much beyond imagination.

Thanks for the cake, birthday wishes, and chocolate, and gifts. Love them.

I think I am the luckiest person in the world.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

純化了的

  也許是Pirandello的又一延伸。在在感覺到故事中人物的美好便在於他們被純化後的性格,無論再複雜也不會有凡人生命的那些雜音,壞了好美的一幅圖。
  雖說如此,最愛還是人的無法控制無法預測無法理解與那許多預期外的可能。
  最近運氣都不錯,心情低落時都會接到可愛的電話,聽到那句新年快樂還是開心的,可惜為了手機要留電給明天忙碌的行程,還是很快掛了電話。
  欣賞一個人真是種奇怪的事情。這人讓我覺得不論他做過甚麼,身上總有許多優點是自己必須學習的。我喜歡丟到野外可以活得好好的小孩。山的孩子,有陽光普照的氣味。
  命運之輪轉啊轉。

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

又這樣的想到

  雖然因為太累心情止不住的低落,但是還是努力讓見老朋友的好心情撐著自己,從捷運站一路撐回表妹家。跟賽亞說著就要到來的他,想起小時候網路還是撥接上網、用的還是ICQ,我考完期中考提早放學回家,老媽不在,跟他第一次聊天,一聊就聊了七個小時整,相當於打了七個小時的電話。
  這世界很多事真的很難說。曾經以為是最後一次看到他了,四個月後又再度見面,2002年的美國行他卻爽了約。到現在還是覺得像是做夢一樣,再五天就會見到他了,再五天。
  而我們都長大了。時間過好快。希望我們給對方的新年祝福都會成真。

流浪,近乎遊牧

  從沒想過自己耐得住這樣的跋涉奔波,尤其是從小認床。三天在三個不同城市,從台灣頭到台灣尾已經成為家常便飯。拎著賴以為生的家當,或是借住表兄弟姊妹家,或是在新竹租屋處,或是過客般的把高雄的家當旅館。幾回在忙碌的從一個地方又要換到另一個地方時總戲謔的想著自己就地紮營似乎也可以活得很好,跟路邊的流浪漢差不多。
  幾乎沒有耍賴的空間。
  在台北幾天來一直睡不好,連賴床都不想,是回到了新竹才找回賴床的感覺。
  今天因為開會太晚,錯過了最後一班捷運,半哀求的把可憐的表哥吵醒拜託他載我回去,怎樣也不想搭計程車,於是注意到對於男生來說深夜搭計程車稀鬆平常,但對女生來說卻有無比的心裡壓力。倒不是覺得自己上了車會發生什麼事,但聽多了那些深夜獨自一人回家的女孩們必須聽計程車司機們奇怪的搭訕的故事,又對於不熟悉的路的恐懼,實在不是另一個性別的人可以理解的。
  爸媽今天又在電話裡對我說,睡不好,那也要吃好點啊!對不起,我真的沒有好好照顧自己,一個人在外面好累。
  也不時的想到女孩兒們的貼心敏感。繼攝影社2008年度展之後又再次對於必須跟一群男性工作感到疲累。
  晚上洗澡時才發現這幾天大概是東西搬得多,身上不知不覺的多了不少瘀青,都沒感覺了。身上每個關節都在痛,尤其是腳踝跟膝蓋。
  明天早上九點還要討論,中午要開會。
  想我的朋友們。連頓飯都吃不到。
  去你的台北,去你的台大,去你的臭男生。
  我要用棉被把自己捲成高麗菜捲睡到自然醒。

Friday, January 30, 2009

一月就這麼過去了

不知不覺的,悄然。
開始倒數2009的前十二分之一。
期待著2009的第二個十二分之一。
有好多事預計在二月發生,我的二月。
如此開心。

Thursday, January 29, 2009

喔耶!

  最好的消息莫過於最好的朋友要來台灣找我了!好開心好開心好開心!
  連Coding都迅速了起來。

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

痲痹的煩躁

  竟然就在小小的一個「喔?」之間被識破了。
  「心情不好喔?」
  好像吧。但說穿了也許只是種想從現在開始賴床到開學的衝動。也許。也許從哪一刻開始壞掉了,不知不覺的,便行走到惹麻煩、耍笨、兼毀滅的齒輪上。覺得該說的,覺得不該說的,覺得該做的,覺得不該做的,其實全都不存在。
  基於某種惡作劇的心理,寄了看似感謝的賀年簡訊給某個人,也給許多人。也許送出的當下心裡有點扭曲,畢竟在寄出之前我把他刪了又加加了又刪。好笑的是這所有的皆發生在暑假,而我現在看著自己的行為與反應覺得極度好笑,卻又同時繼續做著。
  還有那個讓我幾乎患了失語症的她,在我每個需要使用中文的時候夢靨般的用她過分作響的高跟鞋與尖酸刻薄的話語敲擊我的神經,不過就是個雄女的國文老師,我也想傳惡作劇簡訊給她。
  好累了。這次書寫並不能幫上什麼忙。好多故事,以後再講。
  你到底要不要來台灣?
  我到底要不要去莫斯科參加妳的婚禮?
  什麼時候飛去波士頓自我推銷?
  不要那麼急著幫我花錢加裝備,說我要去很遠會下雪的地方,也許我根本不會去呢。
  有太多選擇,太多太多選擇。實在累了。
  就睡到2010年好嗎?

Friday, January 23, 2009

拿到美簽卻掛了一台mbp還掛了一台桌機

  這幾天的生活可以說是水深火熱,雖然我現在累到幾乎要趴了,還是覺得必須上來記錄一下。
  這幾乎是從20號開始。然後是21號,凌晨還在趕RISD的推薦函,最後是請James幫忙從紐約寄了出去。凌晨四點。鬧鐘響,八點,起來勉強爬上美國在台協會網站看傳說中會出現的預約空位,於是幸運的預約到 1/22 下午一點的位置,比原先1/23早上7:45的位置好太多。然後中午起來,開會。開完會,到學校跑很多處室,準備一堆文件用UPS寄美國,刷了很大筆的信用卡,然後買Philipe Genty的票買到印表機卡紙(明明就才十張....),又在Jumbo的幫忙之下DIY了美簽證件照、送洗,借Windos光碟、灌Parallels、請人幫我買高鐵車票。
  22號早上,一早起來網路就掛點。衝到學校弄了彌封的成績單,寄EMS,然後到台北,辦美簽,排了很久的隊,覺得美簽的程序非常羞辱人而且非常可怕。拿到美簽以後又走了很遠很遠的路才拿到接下來在台北住的鑰匙,還大大麻煩了表哥表姊... 還借了電腦在外面改文件,最後數學還算錯,多虧國美館珮敏罩我。
  回到新竹,想說總算有空寫個作業並且研究軟體了,結果就買了湯比碗高的臭臭鍋。於是,臭臭鍋就這樣倒進了我的mbp!當下情況不只是慘烈可以形容,花了很多時間搶救,最後只好極度沮喪的打電話給老媽,並決定立刻回高雄。幸虧親愛的仔仔跟Wish剛好有車,才把我載到了高鐵站,搭上當天倒數第二台往南的高鐵。
  在左營高鐵站,又繞了好大一圈,才跟擦身而過的爸媽碰上面。
  然後因為過度沮喪,跟老媽聊天到凌晨兩點。發現我的mbp越來越嚴重,開始有鍵失效,只好放防潮箱。
  23號,早上把電腦送修。因為耳朵很背,建國二路記成建國一路,又多騎了有快二十分鐘才到達目的地。幸虧高雄維修中心的服務不可思議的好,維修人員超級親切,說下午就會跟我確認電腦能不能拿回家頂著用。
  回家用老爸很舊的PC嘗試要寫功課、測軟體,結果一次是灌了QuickTime後電腦就開不起來,經老爸指示硬碟線要“稍微搬動一下“之後才勉強開機。後來為了要測軟體,過度疼女兒的老爸就跑去買新的記憶體,結果就在把新的記憶體插上去時弄錯方向,未撿查之下便開機....於是我家僅存的一台電腦冒出了一耬青煙...葛屁了。
  沒錯,我家三個人在24小時之內弄壞兩台電腦。
  所以就換成老爸沮喪了。
  後來可愛的檸檬科技打電話來告知我的mbp只有鍵盤失效,主機還可以用,於是我們又再次騎了來回要五十分鐘的路程,拿到了沒有鍵盤的mbp,並確定到時候整台mbp除了人為損失的鍵盤以外,還有螢幕、光碟機、電源板都可以換新....
  回到家發現我的充電器也差不多了,大概也要換新。
  所以折騰到現在我除了拿到五年多次入境美國旅遊簽證以外,什麼都沒做,四天內總睡眠時間不到15個小時,跑了台北、新竹、高雄三個城市,並且明天要去員林。
  真的有種....該去拜拜了的感覺。
  不知道進入多少次想要大哭的階段。哎。

Thursday, January 22, 2009

這就叫做義氣啊!

  答應了!而且開始做了!
  或者是,很自動的伸出援手。
  這只會讓我越來越愛我的朋友們啊!
  謝謝大光頭、仔仔(扁扁...我還在名稱混亂mode)、茂庭、Jumbo、J。
  還有孟姊姊也是!
  愛你們啊!
  (最近,實在是越來越三八了~)

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

...

  媽說:「那我們今年過年就除夕前一天回去,大年初一回高雄好了。」
  爺爺說:「沒關係啦,你們今年就在高雄過年,我跟奶奶在員林過年吧,妳的事情比較重要。」
  我不要,我不是最重要的,你們才是。跟你們過年,就是至少要過足到初四。就算很辛苦的在好幾個城市裡面跑來跑去,這幾天還是屬於你們的。我可以帶著電腦寫程式,但這幾天是你們的。
  不然,我二十幾年(從出生到現在),從以前跟爸媽坐軍機從金門回台灣、還有後來許多年為了想要回金門卻被老爸拒絕的理由,是堅持假的嗎!家裡幾個留美的敗類從來不回來過年,奶奶在那裡重度憂鬱症搞到老爸傷心透頂是假的嗎!
  我可以一個禮拜都在親戚家裡借住,沒有時間寫作業,沒有時間申請學校,因為認床每天都睡不好,只帶著最基本的流浪行囊,或是每天花上四五個小時坐車,但是過年一定不能少。
  如果說我真的僅擁有的,不管怎樣複雜的情緒,就只有爸爸媽媽爺爺奶奶了。

  討厭台北這個城市,因為所有人都要跟它妥協。
  要看戲,到台北;要辦簽證,到台北;要找總統,到台北;要工作,到台北;要搞藝術,到台北。台北,台北,台北。
  當有人極其客氣柔軟卻又理所當然的說:那麼我們在台北開會。這樣的指令似乎沒有第二種選擇。
  台北人說台北好,應有盡有,於是所有其他城市的人就必須配合不旅行的台北人在台北與自己城市間跋涉,而人們旅行的時間,就是台北人的休閒時間。
  南部好多人都因為公司比較高的職位在台北,必須跟家人分開住,只有偶爾的週末回家跟家人過,看著自己的小孩一天天長大,自己卻沒有參與。
  行政手段上,被北調只有兩種可能:被主管看不爽的懲罰,或是因為想要換取更高的薪水而犧牲與家人的時光。

  為什麼,當南部人中部人東部人想要尋求更高的知識上的刺激或給予家人更好的生活時,就必須比北部人付出更多?

  許多的妥協,還有許多許多城市中冷漠的臉,在捷運不友善的撞擊,過度濃稠骯髒的空氣,還有過度驕傲,過度打扮過度濃妝。
  冷血以及過度隱藏。

  我受夠了。

Monday, January 19, 2009

驚喜!The SticksterZ

  方才在搜尋一個之前看到的視覺化的圖,結果意外的發現了陪我高中整整一年的SticksterZ!而它竟然也是MIT Media Lab學生的作品!作者是Eric Métois。高中的時候邊做物理科展就邊盯著那些小人在螢幕上面跳舞,影響我甚多啊!只能說非常有趣,嗯!

超~酷的組!

  剛剛看 MIT Media Lab的網頁,發現多了一位新老師 "Prof. Dale Joachim",組名是"Ecology Media Group"。幾乎是立刻就愛上了他的主題。為什麼,為什麼今年沒有呢!看起來好好玩!好想去好想去好想去....
  信誓旦旦的說要轉行,但是還是愛生物還是愛生態啊!喜歡把所有事物都當成有生命的看待。
  人應該要緊密的跟環境生活。這是一種執著。

"什麼是快樂?"

  這句話總是不時的回來拜訪我。好像是大一或是大二或是大三的時候最好的朋友這樣問我。他說,遺忘了快樂怎麼快樂,如果無法定義快樂,那麼怎樣稱為快樂?距離那時至少也兩三年了吧,我還是沒有答案。他也沒有。
  或是,我們想得太用力了?

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

極度沮喪而疲累

  星期天雖然表面上歡樂,實際上是兩個壓力過大的小孩的台中之旅,一個瘋瘋癲癲說話顛三倒四,另一個任性的一定要吃到大排長龍的麥當勞早餐。一天裡面似乎搞定了很多事,也似乎冒出了十倍以上的事,還被沒有認真看軟體說明書的工程師酸假的,最後是奢侈的跑去吃酸白菜牛肉夾餅並且累癱在往北的自強號上,才勉強的活著回到各自的家。
  而今天,不,是昨天,仗著剛考完拿之前修Computer Architecture的老本來補一學期上不到五次課的Digital Logic Design的大洞並且安然的寫完了一半以上的題目,很有衝勁的頂著下午射穿十三度空氣的溫暖陽光到台北,很樂觀的覺得當晚就可以把攝影機大致搞定。雖然游家奶奶非常可愛,執著的要把剛買到的十顆「未過期」、「飛利浦」、「黃光」、「二十瓦」、「直燈管」燈泡換上,製造了不少笑料,但攝影機硬是不理我那一天到晚送修的mbp,也不理游東道主美國進口的mbp,連號稱會乖乖的Windos Vista跑起來都有些怪異,直到十點將近才將就用小解析度測試針孔改裝成效。很明顯,要有低成本的廣角鏡還需要更多努力。而五個小時就這樣過去了。
  搭捷運,走過又暗又長似乎沒有盡頭的台北地下街,我看著最後一班竹客空蕩蕩的離開國道客運總站。差了五分鐘。豪泰像是怎麼走也走不出台北市,在我每回昏迷又轉醒窗外仍是那一百零一個相同的重慶北路公車亭。
  也許是餓了,情緒低落,雖然晚餐很不錯吃。也許是過去那些動輒數月的計畫與展覽讓我用盡全力也無法樂觀起來。好挫折。時間緊迫而我們進度緩慢。生活在天平上開始傾斜,時間流沙一般在指縫消逝,覺得自己正在走鋼索,搖搖擺擺很辛苦。
  (我想我總是放不下這件事,我無法在順利開展前跑去波士頓,做不到。)
  車窗起了霧,氣溫又降了。巨大LED溫度計說現在八度,再降五度就是那年夜宿梅園的溫度了呢。霧裡的豪泰停了個不是新竹的站,想到大一那些看星星、探險的日子,想到國中畢業那年在宜蘭放天燈,思緒也跟著走入霧中,迷迷茫茫的摸不著卻又好像看得到,又在每一個端點上分岔,旋繞。
  仍然是抓不住抓不緊,那麼也許該輕輕的放手?別傻了,會後悔的。對自己這麼說。
  是沮喪得好像預見了失敗的慘況,雖然過程某種程度上是有趣的,我也不懂為何沮喪。
  也許睡一覺後會好些吧。

Saturday, January 10, 2009

聽說泰緬僑生總算可以拿到身分證了

  是個值得高興的消息。
  其實也一直懷疑著外公還有以前住金門的鄰居老太太當年怎麼取得身分證,雖然他們都是從新加坡、馬來西亞來的,但也都同樣不是在台灣出生也不是跟著國軍來台的啊。儘管有幾次試著要問他們,但他們給的答案總是過於順其自然得讓我覺得像是個謎。
  或說,真正的謎在於,倘若當年取得身分如此容易,為何現在如此困難?這當然是一連串政治經濟的考量,講也講不完。
  衍生的謎團還有因文化、語言、種族所產生的差異,經一連串戰爭、事件,打散後又被涵括在同一個國家中所造成的認同問題與衝突,例如印尼華人與印尼排華問題,還有外公講的那些故事。
  究竟這樣政治、地域上壁壘分明,內部卻亂七八糟的「國」的概念是從何而來?
  接著問題又會牽扯到台灣這個島內自身關於本省、外省的爭議、關於認同、關於身為日本殖民地所產生的複雜後殖民情感。
  有趣的是它時時刻刻發生在我們身邊,而卻僅有少數人真正意識到這龐大的壓力其實是個明顯的課題,其他人雖然各自有個主張卻不明暸自己為何這麼主張,因而個個講得義憤填膺。每次遇見家中長輩又開始爭論,總是說不出的好笑兼無奈加諷刺與傷心更煩躁。
  這些課題大概是花一輩子也研究不完的。
  讓我想到之前買的陳光興的「去帝國」到現在還沒空好好看。真想念大四的文化研究導論課啊!

Thursday, January 8, 2009

那麼

  那麼、那麼。
  想盡力有時也要別人一起配合才行。
  也是不能強求。
  不後悔就好。 :)

Monday, January 5, 2009

最新創作計畫...

  想要拍出一種冷,也許再帶點霧氣。分明是最熟悉的街道,卻有種疏離,疏離得純淨。
  好相機應該要有常晒太陽的權力。
  又或是拍出「雨」。雨滴打在樹葉霹霹啪啪般的聲響。

*大笑* Comedian - a movie trailer for Jerry Seinfeld w/ Hal Douglas

我知道挺舊了...
不過,還是大笑!

Saturday, January 3, 2009

小小說

  那天新聞報導了末日即將來臨,但早在報導出來前,末日的消息早已沸沸揚揚的傳遍了整個島。
  這個島上的人民說他們不信末日說,他們大聲說那是宗教騙局,但終究每個人都開始問候對方死亡的細節。他們互相討論要怎麼提前了結生命、要穿什麼樣的壽衣、用什麼樣的棺材、辦怎樣的葬禮,卻沒有人記得誰要為最後離開人世的人下葬。
  他們又說要辦集體葬禮,在世界毀滅的前一刻放肆玩樂,高歌迎接不用再思考的未來,讓死亡成為慶典。
  儘管是這樣的,每個人又猜忌著末日是否真會到來,沒有人膽敢放手一搏,都只是說說。
  但末日提早了一天到來。
  世界毀滅的那刻人們還在討論隔天該穿什麼衣服喝什麼酒幾點起床。

亞塞拜然的邪惡之眼


亞塞拜然的邪惡之眼
Originally uploaded by ca3rine

  今天晚上突然之間它就浮現在腦海裡,於是乾脆把它拿出來拍了照,好回到新竹後還能天天看見。
  這是Khanim送我的邪惡之眼。她說,這能保護我遠離壞人。我把它掛在我的包包上,走遍了莫斯科。那是個十四天的旅程,我在第七天遇見Khanim,也許是第八天拿到它。似乎是第十天或第十一天,我與一群俄國學生走在莫斯科地鐵站裡,突然間一群光頭拿著酒瓶醉醺醺的往我這兒走來,在我的不遠處摔了酒瓶,人們紛紛閃開。那群光頭瞪著我們的方向,又醉醺醺的搭上電扶梯。
  上了地鐵,我便發現它碎了。
  是你保護了我嗎?邪惡之眼。

Friday, January 2, 2009

We Feel Fine by Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar

http://www.wefeelfine.org/

Go and play. It's superb.

Thursday, January 1, 2009

當代傳奇劇場 - 樓蘭女

改編自希臘悲劇米蒂亞

因為太忙飲恨沒看到,唉...

歌隊的面具很有趣,同樣是面具卻又跟傳統希臘悲劇的歌隊面具不同
更有趣的是戲有著希臘風格卻也同時有中國風格
到底是怎麼做到的....好厲害
葉錦添耶!

當代傳奇劇場 - 李爾在此

最愛的一段
當Edgar遇見瞎了眼的李爾王,卻不敢父子相認
由吳興國同時飾演Edgar與李爾王,快速的在兩個角色間變換

記得當時在城市舞台看到眼淚一直掉,幾乎都要看不清楚了



所以我說囉~

  關於一些會嚴重影響到我做事情的事。
  至於老麥說的會不會過敏,我不想管。我真的不想管。
  連續多年沒有休息的不斷忙碌已經把我搞到臨界點了。雖然說知道自己有問題的人其實就沒有問題,不過我也不知道該怎麼樣表達才好。
  說實在的這幾天甚至有種念頭閃過,乾脆就不要弄了。但是看在合作的人的份上跟整個計畫的有趣程度,還是要挺著啊。挺著點。
  大部分的時候我還是會好好的啦。不要擔心。
  應該是我對自己比較過敏才對。

  只要在覺得我很難溝通的時候提醒一下就好。你懂的,多多溝通是好事。

  我不想要再繼續因為心情不好悶著不說爆發出來的時候嚇到人反而覺得我可怕或是極度抱歉,但我也還學不會適當的時候說自己壓力很大,只好用這種方式囉。

  很認真的希望接下來一切都好。

因為題目太好而不敢動手

  也許該用個Twitter。
  跟Pyotr聊到寫小說,其實還有很多事情。他的話太棒了讓我不得不寫一篇文章好好記下。他說隨著時間我們身上的傷只會不斷累積。有好多故事都很適合寫,卻怕寫壞了,於是想留給好的寫手寫。
  自畢業典禮之後爆發的那一連串揭密我仍然覺得必須用文字包緊了丟出來,卻遲遲未動手。我想我也怕寫壞了。
  他又說有時候看表演,就覺得一股氣快要出場卻出不來的無奈。
  真的,就是這樣。
  那種站在臨界點上將要突破卻又無法的感覺。
  就像看到甫沖洗出的底片發現自己的期待從雲端跌至谷底而完全不想去動它那樣的沮喪。
  每一次的創作都是種賭注。

有沒有什麼工作...

  是可以接觸很多人的?而且這些人會因為這些接觸而感到快樂?
  快跟我說!呵。

我想念你們啦~

  攝影社的各位。還有一起渡過大三大四的你們。好久沒見到你們了,只有那天期末社大驚鴻一瞥。我覺得我真是太忙了,都沒時間去社課,那天社大跟你們一起狂磕Subway實在有趣。而且我好想要去放相,或是在只開彩色暗房燈的暗房裡面聽仔仔切相紙,然後跟茂庭大光頭在旁邊製造音效搞得好像是殺人魔正在砍人頭、或是幫你們幾個弄奇怪造型(這只有我神經接錯的時候會發生!)。
  星期二趕著回家,多虧阿伯剛好住竹北,可以順路載我去高鐵,我才偷到三十分鐘跟你們聊天。
  立緯小凸說要辦畢業聯展。希望到時候真的有時間。是啊,如果有個特別的主題一起去拍應該挺不錯。仔仔你應該會跟我們一起畢業吧?一定要的啊!你分明是我們這屆的!還有阿甘,你要記得拍照啊!順便把欣芸也拉去。大光頭也是!我們大家一起畢業好不好?
  這種瘋狂的畢業展應該一輩子難遇到一次。再怎樣都要試試的。
  儘管每次展覽都像是自虐,沒日沒夜的在水木展廳刷油漆割襯紙架軌道燈改電路做作品卡弄設計稿寫似乎很酷炫的展覽說明,珍奶咖啡一杯接一杯,回家沒躺下多就又出門繼續奮鬥,弄到全身都在痛,骨頭也在痛,還抽筋胃痛臉色發白,外加不定期的大哭,但每一次的展覽回想起來總是無法比擬的有趣。我多麼希望真正離開清大還能有一次、就這麼最後一次,不顧一切揮灑青春似的留下印記。
  大五將要離開的人們總是會想著以後自己將會最懷念什麼。我想對我來說,我大學的生活幾乎超過一半都是與你們在一起的日子,我念的根本就是清大攝影系。說起來也奇妙,我原本不想留下來的,卻也在裡面要待了整整四年了。
  而最近的生活讓我發現少了攝影社真是少了很大一塊,儘管我還會在人社院的各種課程裡見著你們某些人。
  我想要去夜遊,去走台積電館上面的玻璃屋頂,去坐在八樓高的圍牆上往下看,去半夜陰森的人社院鐘塔下玩耍。
  或是跟你們一起去跟學校吵架有時候也挺有趣的。
  何時才能去社上呢?我好想你們啊啊啊啊!