Paris 5: Inspired by Pombidou ...

Walking into Pombidou Posting...

Milano 4: Duomo at night...

Spooky Giant...

Venice 13: Early Morning pool side at rooftop....

8:00 am at the pool side on top of roof at Hilton, Venice .

Not Smiling? too cold and too windy ....with lots of sunblock...

金色筆記 15: Patric Swayze; Legendary Romance

認識一個人，要多久?
一個眼神，以為觸動了三世前緣，
一個擁抱，以為過去二十年來擁有彼此的記憶，
一句無心的話，以為這人是如此的陌生 ?
一句關心，以為這人將是自己今生今世的知己 ...

認識一個人，要多久?
要一輩子，要三輩子，要生生世世...
但到最後，會發現，我們都在輪迴中沉淪，甦醒，再沉淪...

愛上她的眼神? 愛上他的凝視? 愛上她的嬌媚? 愛上他的瀟灑?
愛上她的藝術氣息? 愛上他的才華洋溢?
愛上她的軟噥話語? 愛上他的豪情大器?
愛上她的霸氣? 愛上他的溫柔?
愛上她的美麗? 愛上她的驕柔? 但是哪一天，外表的她不再是她了....

哪麼還愛不愛?? 無聊到極點的問題...但是，大部分人都不愛了。

Ghost 裡就有這麼一幕反駁......

還是書上說的，只因，她就是她，他還是他，

換了一個軀殼還是她，一個擁有累世記憶的靈魂??

Wednesday Letters 3: Reviews ***

The writing of Wednesday Letters is not as poetic and deeply depicted as an award winning writer would do, however, not as weak and fragmented as some book reviewers in the amazon.com described. I do believe if this novel has been written for a screen play, it might have featured for a good original screen writing. Because there are many redundant and fragmented conversations and dialogue which you can find only on screens or plays; there are not enough beautiful descriptions of the scenery, atmosphere , and not much inner psychological conflict analysis and portraits.

However, the writing tells the story in a comfortable rhythm that the plot becomes clear with a meaningful transformation. I rate this novel 3 stars, an easy reading that has addressed couple essential topics in our heart: Romantic Love, family love, brotherhood love and Forgiveness. The only reflection I have is the Weekly Letters .....

Reviewers in amazon gave very extreme ratings, either 5 stars or one star, either very moving, and a must read novel or a waste of time reading.

Wednesday Letters 2: (星期三的信) 愛上快樂谷的Jason F. Wright

作者:
傑森‧萊特（Jason F. Wright）1971年生於美國密蘇里，為紐約時報、華爾街日報及今日美國報暢銷作家，文章散見於各大報章雜誌，同時也是CNN、FoxNews等電視台邀約演講的常客，主題包括寫作、流行文化與社會議題等。已出版過四本小說，包括The James Miracle（2004）、Christmas Jars（2005）、《星期三的信》、Recovering Charles（2008）。萊特曾於德國、巴西等地居住，2007年，為了創作《星期三的信》，他到維吉尼亞州的快樂谷（Shenandoah Valley）進行探訪，從此愛上了當地的環境，於是和妻子、兩個兒子和兩個女兒搬到快樂谷定居。作者擅長描寫溫暖人心的故事。

Wednesday Letters 1: 愛妳沒有原因...

十月份書目: Wednesday Letters (星期三的信)


親愛的蘿瑞爾：


我喜歡妳，是因為：
一，妳的頭髮。二，妳的笑容。三，妳的正義感。四，妳的耐心。五，夜裡妳翻身時，拉毯子的感覺。六，妳的想像力。七，妳的寬容。八，妳對上帝的愛。九，妳開車的方式。十，妳照料玫瑰花時的模樣。十一，妳愛我們孩子的方式。十二，妳做的法國吐司。十三，妳在床上聽我閒聊的樣子。十四，妳開心時的亂叫。十五，妳的腳。十六，妳的政治立場（雖然和我不同）。十七，妳認識朋友、維繫友誼的方式。十八，妳在懇談會上的談話。十九，就在我要靠過去親吻妳時，妳的眼睛。

二十，妳。

傑克
傑克和蘿瑞爾結婚39年來，每個星期三，傑克無論人在哪裡，都會寫信給蘿瑞爾。兩人在山谷裡經營一家民宿，生活無虞，婚姻看似完美。一天夜裡，太太突然心臟病發過世，同時，久病纏身的先生也在寫下最後一封「星期三的信」時，嚥下最後一口氣，跟太太相擁而死。

這是一個關於愛情，親情與寬恕的故事....

Music Therapy 1 : Intimacy

Music for Intimacy : For some people a light popular song will do, for some individual, a special music is required for an passionate intimacy, because in Mahler's symphony, we can hear the incessant motives and layering melody expanding through time and space; just as if during the intimacy, one needs this guidance for variety and inspiration.

「第九號交響曲」像個死亡封印，貝多芬、舒伯特、布魯克納先後烙痕而離世，因此馬勒相當忌諱。迸現於手稿第一樂章的字句：「啊，青春已消逝！啊，愛情已逃逸！」埋伏了馬勒生命老矣、愛妻離異的缺憾，然而行板的夾縫裡啪然揚起的天才殘翼，卻是Blue Mahler一生「最光輝」的樂章，可窺見他已不畏死亡及其心底的反撲：「溫柔樂段之後，會有如火山爆發般的反噬高潮！」（樂評家貝爾格）
聽進指揮大師赫比希的心坎裡，則驚喜於：「馬勒把一生創作的精華與人生體驗灌注其中，成為一闕宏偉的交響之作，最後樂章則是他向世界深情動魄的告別！」

Mahler Symphony No. 9

Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r6DbdeorgE
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8YUIG3YgxQ&feature=related

Impressionism....

You are right.

Imitation....

with Ravel's Gaspal ...

Paris 4: Pombidou; Chargall

Marc Chargall (1887-1985)

Paris 3: Pompidou; Picasso

1930's Surrealism Period : A woman after orgasm...

1930's Dream: what is she dreaming ....?

Classicism Period .

Picasso had two favors in his life, woman and bull, symbolized in sex and power, which often became the major subjects of his paintings. His lover ( later wife) became almost the sole character in his female expressions ...

金色筆記 14 ： 行住坐臥間...

Sunday Rereat:

我們常常因為突來的變化而錯愕，
卻不常反觀自己，絕對是那時常變化的主角。
對對方而言，自己的突發行為，成為他的錯愕，
而對方的錯愕成為對自己突來的變化....
循環復始...

然而誰是最源頭的始作俑者? 應說雙方早已在內心累積了太多的判斷與偏見，星星之火皆可燎原。成為雙方爭執不下的原因，都是因為太為自己著想，為自己辯護。

成為一個修行人，不是要失去自我，而是要不斷的將心比心的觀察，與感同身受。心量放大...
也許，在任何時候，都不該有太多的顧忌，不要有太多的偏見，不要有太多的分別心... 。事實上，都不該有。
佛陀說，那是最終快樂的因素!

金色筆記之13: Arias from Venice ....威尼斯的情歌

午後一位大姐說了一個遠古的愛情故事，她說比羅密歐與茱麗葉還早的還要純真的故事:

在威尼斯，一位搖船夫每天吟唱著一首讚頌一位遠方女子的歌謠，述說著她的美麗，她的熱情，她的高雅...。於是一位乘客在每日聆聽下，愛上了這名素未謀面的女子。在這位船夫的傳情下，這位女子也接受了這位紳士的愛意，兩人在威尼斯的水道之間互通情愫。

一天，這位男子坐著船打算遠渡而來，探望這位心儀已久的女子。然而路途遙遠，他卻染上重病，在船上過世了! 船夫仍帶著他的身體，引領到他愛人的身邊。奇蹟似的，由於這位女子的愛，與眼淚，竟使她的愛人甦醒過來。兩人相擁而泣。。。不久後，兩人便一起攜手歸天了....

好感動. 該感動.....

Mindancer 居然有兩個我，自我，本我，完全的牴觸矛盾:
一個我說，完全不感動，童話故事，愛情都是騙人的遊戲。全是自私自利自我膨脹的天方夜譚。
一個我說，此情難遇，也許，我也希望成為墳前的雙雙蝴蝶，為了愛永生永世的輪迴....

只是，超我， 別人眼中的我，對Mindancer 已漸漸不怎麼重要，哪天，若能巧妙的把兩個我結合，也許一起超脫也是件浪漫到無限極至的事。

Venice 12: St. Marco

Mosaic germ, Gold plates and Paintings by Tintoretto and Veronese decorate the whole basilica, built in 8th ct.

Paris 2: Autumn Champs Elysees

September, 2009
4th visit to Paris ...

Autumn has sneaked into Avenue des Champs Elysees ..., while all the traffics remain busy and civilized as ever...

I was on the way to my hotel from Pompidou, inspired by the poetic scenery, yet within the humanity of mankind, whatever that means to you.

Milano 2: Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II

As soon as immersing in this flamboyant boutique palace, I suddenly forgot the incoming economic crisis that all economics had warmed us!
How can any fahion advocate escape from ... such spendid products:
Prada Shoes, Loius Vuitton Bags, and Gucci Belts.

Milano 1: The Duomo

The Duomo in Milan : This is one of the most delicate artistic master architectures in the world.

As standing in front of the hundreds of biblical stories and statues, for not being a Christian, I can still touch the awe and spectacular of something higher than human being, although these biuldings were established by human in 15 ct.

Verona 2: The Legendary Balcony of Juliet's

I did try to act the scene.... O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? —Juliet, at her window, laments that her love is Romeo, son of Montague, the enemy of her father Capulet.

Verona 1: Where Romeo and Juliet taken place

An adventurous walking tour in the early morning : at the Entrance to the Piazza of Arena in Verona.

Nothing is open but stood here with the monumental gigantic historical site: Arena, where Romeo and Julia was first performed in Italy.

I missed the Opera "La Traviata", and the "Tosca", as there was no performance on Wednesday night.

Across street from the Arena, the night life was boiling at the bars, restaurants and the boutique shops.

Venice 10: Night at St. Marco

After the gondola ride, as romantic and dreaming as Venice could prevail, I wore the famous Venetian Mask stalking down the palace at night...

Byzantine Style: There is no color mosaic glass windows but lots of gigantic size paintings, frescoes, gold, germs, and decors. Huge Domes, Arches, arched windows / doors, and larger than living sized sculptures.

Venice 11: Historica Rigatta at Ca'doro

September 6th, the fist Sunday 2009 in Venice, over looking Rialto Bridge,

from Ca'dOro, a gorgeous marble building.

Ca' d'Oro means 'House of Gold', and this building was once famed for its decorated and gilded façade.

Venice 9: Dawn viewing from Hilton Stucky

7:00 AM Hotel Hilton Stucky, at the island across from St. Marco.

Shooting in the boat going to St. Marco:

金色筆記之12： Who cares about your life?

A friend of mine, an anti-marriage activist, would always argue about the value and the drawbacks of marriage, while he argues that companionship would serve the same purpose of marriage but not the faults. In some degree, he is right. Nevertheless, human nature has the tendency to destroy and overthrow something that is not legalized, of which plots the essential reason that marriage system exists in thousand years.

Marriage is not going to give us anything, especially happiness, but an experience of living with somebody we think appropriate to be with. Romantic Love is not required usually; however, a brotherhood love becomes the necessity to sustain the relationship.

While being away from home for 2 weeks, I can sense the wonderfulness to have somebody sharing your life experience with, no matter it is about endless shopping at Prada, Chanel, or panting and climbing stairs of the Arena, or the missing and delay flight from the transfer... However, these things do need a companion, a best friend, or a lover to accomplish.

Venice 8: The Dodge's Palace

September, 2009

Secrete Itinerary : Escape of Basinova, who is a Christian revolutionary rivalry, and finally escaped to Paris in the 16 ct.


The Two Statues, and the Lion, Symbols of Heroism and Power of governors and economics in Venice:



Ceiling of Stairways to Basilica

Four Minutes1 :

**德國奧斯卡最佳影片、最佳女演員

這就是我的聲音 我的吶喊 我的靈魂

當黑白琴鍵揚起，無交集的兩段生命即將激發燦爛火花一位被囚禁的音樂天才，因為頂替殺人罪入獄，本該璀璨的年輕生命似乎只剩下絕望，而火爆的個性，讓她隨時可能再度闖禍…孤獨寂寞的鋼琴老師，隻身走過二戰往事，數十年如一日的獄中教琴生涯因為學生的自殺，似乎就要無聲無息走到盡頭，直到遇見叛逆的天才少女珍妮。她從來沒有碰過這樣的女孩，令人費解的表象下隱藏了無與倫比的音樂天賦，讓她想起自己深埋的過往，於是著魔似地非要把珍妮推向鋼琴比賽的舞台。

有一天，珍妮被允許暫時離開監獄，參加一場可以為自己贏得無數掌聲的鋼琴比賽，但是對一個放棄一切、只希望生活停滯不前的受刑人來說，還有什麼事是重要的？乖戾少女與年邁的鋼琴女教師，關係時而緊繃時而親密，從對立衝突到彼此瞭解，慢慢解開身後不堪回首的心靈創傷。不管是師生情誼、女女之戀、還是亂倫悲劇…待黑白琴鍵起伏抑揚時，老和少、古典和奔放的對峙，終於逐漸消融昇華，令人屏息的【情鍵四分鐘】，為音樂與人性的結合作見證，琴藝超凡，震撼人心。女主角漢娜‧荷絲普隆帶著神秘又清靈的氣息，無論是戴著手銬背對鋼琴彈奏，或是令人瞠目結舌用盡生命演奏的四分鐘，都讓人驚嘆又動容。充滿張力的演出讓她一舉拿下德國奧斯卡最佳女主角，成為備受矚目的亮眼新人。

1.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duHGXK1PZEM&NR=1

2.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWdM6UO6MIM

Venice 7: Vivaldi (1678-1741)

Pure Chamber, not as complex as Bach's polyphonic style, listening to Vivaldi is as if engulfing myself in the nature, walking into a woods at dawn, with beautiful birds singing, rabbit running, sometimes deers chased by tigers, sometimes with rains, and thunder storms. Vivaldi was my savior in high school years.

Winter, Venetian Mask and Venice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGdFHJXciAQ&feature=related
Summer, Mutter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DWAdJKUlxo

Today at the church of the Pietà there remains a vestige of the tradition with an ensemble of young women, Le Putte Veneziane di Vivaldi, (pictured, S. Maria della Pietà ) professional musicians who perform at the church and wear the original 18th century Venetian costumes. Another instrumental group, Le Venexiane, composed entirely of female members, is also associated with the church.