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.

Ways of Seeing 4 : 廣告是一種政治現象。。。

他說，政治是種廣告手法.....

每人每天身邊充斥著上百個廣告，廣告是一個資產主義下的魔物。

"廣告操弄的是焦慮! 是一種恐懼，一種倘若你一無所有就成為一無所是的恐懼。"

廣告，不斷的提醒你，你的身邊一直在追趕著你的虛榮，你如何才能擁有更好的生活，更高尚的地位，更顯耀的魅力。對於男人，是能力，是財富，是權利；對於女人，是誘惑力，是美貌，是安定感。

大家以為，二十一世紀的世代改變了，是男女平等的時代? 事實上，自廣告來評判，現代的宣傳品與一百年前的潛在觀念，還是相差不遠....

對於媒體上的廣告，Mind Dancer 常拿來當"超級娛樂" 的工具! 因為實在是太過操弄......不過，偶爾不小心也會上當呢.....

Personal reflection of Facebook

Personally, I think it is a waste of time to wonder around in the Facebook for a real person who has real friends in contact in the real world.

However, in the social network, there are several different kinds of relationships, which include very close one, fair close one, middle, and farther relationships. For some people who do sales and marketing business would use Facebook to gather a party, conference, or make announcements. For some business, non-profit organization, or celebrities, Facebook is an international / web platform to do propaganda and advertisement. It is the by-product of Web 2.0 and a good one which value a big money I think. One day, it will be like yahoo going on list ....I presume...

I am a facebook user and I did meet couple friends sharing similar interests overseas,( such as music, Buddhism...) with real names attached to it. Some of them may want to visit Taiwan or we might plan to go for a particular event, such as Buddhism Retreat.

Facebook is a good business model for social network I would say, only if you know how use it properly.

A Curious Case of Benjamin Button 3 :

主角體驗人生將是不斷的失去，擁有，挑戰，冒險，珍惜，原諒，被拋棄，被呵護. 有一天，我們的身體都會自大地中消失，將是孤獨的來，也將是孤獨的去。 永遠存在的是: 每一刻鐘的愛與珍惜。

最疼愛他的，最偉大無私的母親，Benjamin 都無法在他去世前守候，一切都走的很隨意，很隨機，很無法預知...。反觀我們身邊的人事物，也許，每分鐘的相聚都該慶幸。

* Pombidou: 代表的是現代的藝術，思維與變遷。

Ways of Seeing 3 : How do I see you....

九月份書目: 觀看的方式:

當我們觀看時，我們秉持著一種想法，一種態度。這不是單純的語言能夠表達的深度。 這包含著心中的偏見，醞釀的情感，世俗的觀念，以及觀看者(作畫者)欲想賦予的表現方式。
油畫的發展，不只是技術，自文藝復興始，是最精確表達財富的一種發明，包括油畫中美麗的女人，尤其是裸體的女性，更是其炫燿權力及財富的方式。希臘神話裡的女神一直都是畫家心目中完美女性的形象，撫媚嬌態毫無掩飾的誘惑。對於西洋油畫，我們時常都賦予太過神聖的評價! 不過在1900年之後，攝影的發明，改變了油畫的功用。 本書，打破傳統的看法，讓畫家與畫中的人物活生生的呈現。 即使是聖經裡的聖母，表現的是慈祥母親的形象，卻也不是那樣的高不可攀。
品味與眼睛的訓練又何嘗不是如此？ 我們的眼睛不斷的在知識薰陶下改變其檢視人事物的方式!

John Berger 是英國當代最具影響力的藝術批評家。寫作風格充滿時代感，以其敏銳的觀察及對影像特有的解讀能力，寫出了兩本讓你知道什麼是「看」？怎樣「看」的名著：一本是配合英國國家廣播公司電視節目寫成的《藝術觀賞之道》（Way of Seeing）；另一本則是《影像的閱讀》（About Looking）。這兩本書所討論的，雖然是以繪畫和攝影為主，其涵蓋面卻包括廣告、新聞、文學、電影、電視等，眼光擴及「視覺與文化」的關連性。 以下:::
The BBC Episode:
1 http://mepopedia.com/forum/read.php?176,864,864#msg-864
2 http://mepopedia.com/forum/read.php?111,854

*觀看先於言語。孩童先會觀看和辨識，接著才會說話....
*我們用言語解釋這個世界，但言語永遠無法還原這個事實：世界包圍著我們。我們看到的世界和我們知道的世界，兩者間的關係從未確定...
*陷入愛河之際，戀人的目光就是一切，再多的言語和擁抱，都比不上戀人的凝視...
*注視是一種選擇行為。...我們注視的從來不只是事物本身；我們注視的永遠是事物與我們之間的關係。
*每個影像都具現了一種觀看，我們對影像的感受和欣賞，同樣也取決於我們自己的觀看方式!

We are parent's Net Loss !

A friend of mine raised the following discussion:

Raising children is a "net loss" because you don't get anything in the end other than that fuzzy warm feeling in your heart. And that's if you are lucky, if your children grew up to become someone useful who can survive on their own without coming back to bother you or asking money from you.

For this particular concern, I think I am doing some self-reflection.

I came from a well-off family, since my ancestors and my parents did work very hard to build up the family wealth. I ask my self: Am I asking money from my parents by not even compensating their raising effort? Am I not mature enough by inherit much from them but not showing much appreciation? Am I complaining much about not receiving enough ? Although the answer is not positive or extreme, I feel their generosity and love already ; nonetheless, they do ask for much care and time sometimes in return.

I think, to be a parent, you need to educate them to be independent and be appreciative when they are still very young. They need to learn to make an effort to gain whatever they would like to earn. Nothing should be given to them as a gift that they DESERVED to have. Nothing. Parents only have the responsibilities to raise them still 18, to educate them to be a capable and wise person, to teach them be able to combat in the society successfully when needed. Like any animals, children have to leave their parents to survive in the cruel world !!

I think if parents really indulge their children to be a total useless person, they are really bad and harmful parents in a sense. I, myself, do not think I possesse this kind of abilities, so as a woman, I should let others bear this profound responsibilities.

Paris 1: Pombidou Exhibition 1 (- Sep, 2009) , Henri Brezeska

Brezeska ( 1891-1915), a 20ct cubism artist, once said: " When I face the beauty of nature, I am no longer sensitive to art, but in the town I appreciate its myriad benefits—the more I go into the woods and the fields the more distrustful I become of art and wish all civilization to the devil; the more I wander about amidst filth and sweat the better I understand art and love it; the desire for it becomes my crying need."

As a cultivated inner emotional product as art present, it extracts the most humanist instinct, including sweat, jealousy, desire, impulse, fire, copulation, love and purity.

* Self Portait. Dancer. Bird Erect. Dancer

Rhapsody of Lake Shore 1 : 日出的色彩

上學時，喜歡清晨到密西根湖畔看日出，走在沙灘上靜靜的等著天邊的署光。通常都冷冷的，幾乎沒有任何聲音，音樂大樓裡常常喜歡對著窗邊吹單簧管的學生都還沒起床，嘴裡呼出的霧氣伴隨的是一波波的海浪聲。

這ㄦ的水是淡的，沒有鹹味，眼裡望去看不著邊際，總覺得對岸，湖的另一邊有人跟我一樣，看著第一道署光。 這道光薇微的淡橘色就幾秒鐘的時間，好像跟著他走，將帶你到一個不可知的世界...

每天，天邊透出來的顏色，總是不一樣，隨著他的心情，隨著溫度的變化，遊戲著光譜，也指揮著大地的節奏...

金色筆記之11： Yeats's Salley Gardens

Down by the Salley Gardens

Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;
She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.

In a field by the river my love and I did stand,
And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand.
She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;
But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.

Young and Foolish as I as every one in the world....
No more comment should be bestowed upon...

金色筆記之10 ： 無為而無不為...

風災感言:
為學日益，為道日損。損之又損，以至於無為。
無為而無不為!
取天下常以無事，及其有事，不足以取天下 。

當年凱薩把天下打了下來，以為人民將會擁戴他，
疏不知在一切輝煌戰果中，種下了被亂刀砍死的命運。
羅馬之所以興盛在於他的思想開放自由，
最終羅馬帝國沒落，也在於臣服教皇的禁忌。

為學日益，防災措施，水壩堤防水道的完善，都屬平日之事；
是地方中央的所屬管轄，也是人民自己的事。
雖說媒體一味謾罵中央是屬小人之心，
然而，無為而無不為才能治天下!
自然的努力付諸行動才是王道。
任何刻意的製造意識形象，或英雄式救世主，不見得能得到長期的支持。