親愛的，我只在乎你。。。

"親愛的，

為什麼你如此信任我？

又不信任我？

彼時與此時的我，

都只在乎著你。。。"

＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊

"也許，

我們當前世情人，才是今生的緣份。。。"

＠＠＠＠＠＠＠＠＠＠

Angel 覺得，他們缺少的就是信任，與勇氣。

It is an Argentine Tango ....

Pink Tango 新都里.....  

我以我的方式愛你，

你卻說我不了解你，

事實上可能是你不了解你自己....

可是我想告訴你，
我也許給你的不是你想要的，

但是我給你的，
都是我認為最好的！

32 行館 ~~ Villa 32

at Villa 32 

Why was I so Happy......?

I wonder....

Hot Spring , Wine ...or Love...?

Well..

It was Apple ....

:):)

How to stay together forever?

There are many reasons to break off a relationship, 
but absolutely need no reason to fall in love and stay together.

At Orsay Museum 

Super Dining in Paris , Restaurant Ledoyen

Beside all the satisfaction from its historical significance, grandeur and luxury, I can taste the sweetness of the first romantic date of Napoleon and Josephine, not only for the classical surroundings, exquisite course, and also the best dessert in town !!! 

Michelin 3 Star! This is an artistic experience .....!! 

Kempinski Hotel Duke's Palce

Woody Allan 2 : Midnight in Paris

"Midnight In Paris "

Let's Fall in Love....

Featured in science fictional style, this film was shoot in Paris, the most romantic and avant-garde city in the world.  Not only did the director reveal our misconception for understanding of our own genre not being the golden age, but he also seemingly employed the essential elements of falling in love.

Beside the elements of hormones and chemistry,  this true love should  make you feel " fearless of death".

As usual, Woody Allan mocked these so called scholars and experts in our time, by comparing them to the great masters and artists from an earlier  generation in 1920's. Almost every well known master from 20's was present on screen, including Scott Fitzgerald, Earnest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, Dali, Mattise and more.

This is an interesting,  eye-catching and meaningful film which needs a full concentration to watch. Rarely have I seen such a wonderful film touching deeply but natrually on the subject of both art and love. As a result, I have viewed this film twice this weekend. :)

"We all fear death and question our place in the universe.
The Artist's job is not to succumb to despair,
but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence! " --Gertrude Stein 

------Angel L.

The Death of Ophelia

Canabel 

Millais

Waterhouse

The Fact is that I truly do not want to become Ophelia, a total tragic figure !! 

  

Inspired by Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Ophelia tragically drowns in the lake. The Pre-Raphaelites were fascinated by horticulture, so Millais recorded plants indigenous to the English countryside: a willow tree, a dog rose and a mallow sweet. Other flowers are more symbolic: roses for innocence, violets for faithfulness and poppies for death. The figure was painted separately in the studio, in a bath heated by candles. Unfortunately the ‘heating system’ broke, the model caught a severe cold, and Millais was sued by her father.

Ophelia

Of all the pivotal characters in Hamlet, Ophelia is the most static and one-dimensional. She has the potential to become a tragic heroine -- to overcome the adversities inflicted upon her -- but she instead crumbles into insanity, becoming merely tragic. This is because Ophelia herself is not as important as her representation of the dual nature of women in the play. Ophelia's distinct purpose is to show at once Hamlet's warped view of women as callous sexual predators, and the innocence and virtue of women.The extent to which Hamlet feels betrayed by Gertrude is far more apparent with the addition of Ophelia to the play. Hamlet's feelings of rage against his mother can be directed toward Ophelia, who is, in his estimation, hiding her base nature behind a guise of impeccability.
Through Ophelia we witness Hamlet's evolution, or de-evolution into a man convinced that all women are whores; that the women who seem most pure are inside black with corruption and sexual desire. And if women are harlots, then they must have their procurers. Gertrude has been made a whore by Claudius, and Ophelia has been made a whore by her father. In Act II, Polonius makes arrangements to use the alluring Ophelia to discover why Hamlet is behaving so curiously. Hamlet is not in the room but it seems obvious from the following lines that he has overheard Polonius trying to use his daughter's charms to suit his underhanded purposes. In Hamlet's distraught mind, there is no gray area: Polonius prostitutes his daughter. And Hamlet tells Polonius so to his face, labeling him a "fishmonger" (despite the fact that Polonius cannot decipher the meaning behind Hamlet's words). As Kay Stanton argues in her essay Hamlet's Whores:

Perhaps it may be granted...that what makes a woman a whore in the Hamlets' estimation is her sexual use by not one man but by more than one man.... what seems to enrage [Hamlet] in the 'nunnery' interlude is that Ophelia has put her sense of love and duty for another man above her sense of love and duty for him, just as Gertrude put her sense of love and duty for her new husband above her sense of love and duty for her old. Gertrude chose a brother over a dead Hamlet; Ophelia chooses a father over a living Hamlet: both choices can be read as additionally sexually perverse in being, to Hamlet, 'incestuous'. (Stanton,New Essays on Hamlet 168-9)

But, to the rest of us, Ophelia represents something very different. To those who are not blinded by hurt and rage, Ophelia is the epitome of goodness. Very much like Gertrude, young Ophelia is childlike and naive. Unlike Queen Gertrude, Ophelia has good reason to be unaware of the harsh realities of life. She is very young, and has lost her mother, possibly at birth. Her father, Polonius, and brother, Laertes, love Ophelia tremendously, and have taken great pains to shelter her. She is not involved with matters of state; she spends her days no doubt engaged in needlepoint and flower gathering. She returns the love shown to her by Polonius and Laertes tenfold, and couples it with complete and unwavering loyalty. "Her whole character is that of simple unselfish affection" (Bradley 130). Even though her love for Hamlet is strong, she obeys her father when he tells her not to see Hamlet again or accept any letters that Hamlet writes. Her heart is pure, and when she does do something dishonest, such as tell Hamlet that her father has gone home when he is really behind the curtain, it is out of genuine fear. Ophelia clings to the memory of Hamlet treating her with respect and tenderness, and she defends him and loves him to the very end despite his brutality. She is incapable of defending herself, but through her timid responses we see clearly her intense suffering:

Hamlet: ...I did love you once.
Ophelia: Indeed, my, lord, you made me believe so.
Hamlet: You should not have believed me...I loved you not.
Ophelia: I was the more deceived.

Her frailty and innocence work against her as she cannot cope with the unfolding of one traumatic event after another. Ophelia's darling Hamlet causes all her emotional pain throughout the play, and when his hate is responsible for her father's death, she has endured all that she is capable of enduring and goes insane. But even in her insanity she symbolizes, to everyone but Hamlet, incorruption and virtue. "In her wanderings we hear from time to time an undertone of the deepest sorrow, but never the agonized cry of fear or horror which makes madness dreadful or shocking. And the picture of her death, if our eyes grow dim in watching it, is still purely beautiful". (Bradley, Shakespearean Tragedy 132-3). The bawdy songs that she sings in front of Laertes, Gertrude, and Claudius are somber reminders that the corrupt world has taken its toll on the pure Ophelia. They show us that only in her insanity does she live up to Hamlet's false perception of her as a lascivious woman. 

Munch's Scream sold to a Chinese Collector

Four versions of The Scream exist. 

One sold on Wednesday for $120 million, two others were stolen in 2004. Describing his haunting vision, Munch wrote this poem,

 “I was walking along the road with two Friends / the Sun was setting – The Sky turned a bloody red / And I felt a whiff of Melancholy – I stood / Still, deathly tired – over the blue-black / Fjord and City hung Blood and Tongues of Fire / My Friends walked on – I remained behind / – shivering with Anxiety – I felt the great Scream in Nature – EM.”

Beauty Beyond Genders....

靜與慌....

At MoCA Taipei 

那天，你整理著行囊，
提著重重惆悵與滿心的迷惘;
未知的路即使佈滿荊棘，
卻也像是裝上翅膀的希望......


我們底戀啊， 像雨絲，
在星斗與星斗間的路上 ；

我們底車輿是無聲的，
曾嬉戲於透明的大森林
曾濯足於無水的小溪 ；

那是
擠滿著蓮葉燈的河床啊 ，
是有牽牛和鵲橋的故事 ，
遺落在那裡的 ...
遺落在這裡的 ..

我們底戀啊， 像雨絲 ，
斜斜地 斜斜地織成淡的記憶 ，
而是否淡的記憶
就永留於星斗之間呢 ？
如今已是摔碎的珍珠 流滿人世了 ....

不，你說，
我們底戀啊，
像那點點熣燦永不消逝的星宇，
徜徉瀾漫在未來的記憶裡...

想你，
在星宇間雨絲織成的天紗，
網住了風采氣宇，凡與不凡，
靜與慌...

金色筆記：Mythology 2

I do not want to think anymore....
There is no use to think....
I do not want to feel anymore....
There surmises too much sadness in the dark...
I do not wish to plunge into my emotions anymore...
They are viciousness, jealousy, anger, remorse, desolation, depletion, betray...
I do not know what is compassion and love anymore.....
If I can only feel my blood running in my vein....
If I can only listen to my heart beat....
If I can only touch the air while breathing.....

No way....
I do not know what is blindness and truth anymore....
I do not know what is trust anymore....
They are all the manifestation of illusions, of all emptiness...
No way...
Thinking is foul which leads to valley of no return !

God.....
It is 5 o'clock in the morning now....
Let's sleep into no time and no limitation and no obstacles ....!

Greek Mythology 1

Aphrodite and Eros, by Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, from the late 17th century.

Diana of Versailles

The Judge of Paris, Athena And Aphrodite 

Aphrodite is the Goddess of Beauty. Accordingly, she is depicted as the most beautiful woman on Earth.

In Roman mythology, Diana (lt. "heavenly" or "divine") was the goddess of the hunt and moon and birthing, being associated with wild animals and woodland, and having the power to talk to and control animals. She was equated with the Greek goddess Artemis, though she had an independent origin in Italy. Diana was worshiped inancient Roman religion and is revered in Roman Neopaganism and Stregheria. Dianic Wicca, a largely feminist form of the practice, is named for her. Diana was known to be the virgin goddess and women. She was one of the three maiden goddesses, Diana, Minerva and Vesta, who swore never to marry.




Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, war, the arts, industry, justice and skill. She was the favorite child of Zeus. She had sprung fully grown out of her father's head. Her mother was Metis, goddess of wisdom and Zeus' first wife. In fear that Metis would bear a son mightier than himself. Zeus swallowed her and she began to make a robe and helmet for her daughter. The hammering of the helmet caused Zeus great pain in the form of headaches and he cried out in agony. Skilled Hephaestus ran to his father and split his skull open and from it emerged Athena, fully grown and wearing her mother's robe and helmet. She is the virgin mother of Erichthnonius.

Athena and her uncle Poseidon were both very fond of a certain city in Greece. Both of them claimed the city and it was decided that the one that could give the finest gift should have it. Leading a procession of citizens, the two gods mounted the Acropolis. Poseidon struck the side of the cliff with his trident and a spring welled up. The people marveled, but the water was as salty as Poseidon's sea and it was not very useful. Athena's gift was an olive tree, which was better because it gave the people food, oil and wood. Athena named her city Athens.

Athena's companion was the goddess of victory, Nike, and her usual attribute is the owl. Athena possessed the Aegis.

Modigniani as an Artist ~~~

重新看了一次影片Modigniani 。一次次的感動...


當她父親威脅Modi 離開她時，我哭了；
當他發瘋似的趕她走時，我哭了；
當他畫上她的眼睛，找到她的靈魂時，我哭了；
... 作畫，是他唯一的信仰!

當他很努力的完成了讓世人推崇的畫作時，
當他拼命的保護著他們的愛，與那張證書時，
卻被一群惡棍打昏! 卻被命運，被香菸，被酒被肺病打倒.......
我哭得無法自己。

她跳樓自殺是註定的情愫，
我無法停止流淚...。

Modigniai 是一類藝術家，全心的投入毫無保留，
用"生命的光芒" 來點燃藝術創作，
已經到了自私自大狂妄的地步；

但是，"靈魂" 是最重要的感動!!

Picasso Exhibition 1： Transformation

Blessing Angel:
＂它是一種處理形式的藝術，它把真實加以移位，轉化。真實不再存於物體中，而在繪畫裡。＂---畢卡索，談立體主義。
下午於歷史博物館參觀，如夢似幻，時空如物換星移般，融入他畫中的情慾與天真的交錯。一位兒時作畫栩栩如真，到成熟後，在乎內心的意象，感官，投射，把他所看到的感受到的一切，在畫布及雕塑上呈現。

Mau： 從追求栩栩如真到意象投射，是畫家的心靈革命。畢卡索的畫我也是好多年之後才「漸漸接受」。
Pearl: 所以蔣勳老師說他是拒絕原地踏步的人，真是很棒!
Mau: 有一陣子我很喜歡「讀畫」，其實到現在也還是喜歡，只是沒那麼頻繁。去揣摩畫面上的一筆一畫是如何畫上去的，還有構圖，以及畫家的心境。常常會有一些體悟。
不過我都是看水墨畫就是了。

Angel: Pearl, 蔣勳老師說的極貼切。原地踏步的精神藝術生活，有如未曾來過世間一般！：）
Angel: 一個除了乍看下震憾,心動外，令人一再細細品味的作品，更有其深度及寓意。我們看到的是畫家心中眼中的意象，如同Picasso 筆下的女人，都在不同的狀態下展現，也許是迷惘，嘶吼，澎湃，深情，羞澀，...但不再只是美美的一尊雕像。她活生生的正在與畫家對話 。「讀畫」也許須要進入畫家的世界，水墨，學長你懂得多，那禪意更深。在畫鯉魚時，那就不是畫家與魚對畫，而是畫家透過魚兒的和諧衝突的結構，來表現他的意指。

What do you think an artist is? ...he is a political being, constantly aware of the heart breaking, passionate, or delightful things that happen in the world, shaping himself completely in their image. Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war."
— Pablo Picasso

金色筆記

祈請「綠度母」~嗡，達列，都達列，都列，唆哈。~
綠度母是觀世菩薩眼淚的化身，為護法空行母，二十一度母的總持。。

Blessing Angel: 把每一天當作一個作品生活！
Mau: 每天都是一塊全新的畫布，任你揮撒。不要怕..
Blessing Angel: ‎不要怕~ 就包括很多很多。。。~ 不怕畫壞了，不怕畫出真心，而得罪人，不怕冒險.....。還有？
Johnson: 我覺得...當妳面對任何挑戰跟人生變化...都能泰然處之時.....就真得甚麼都不怕了...
Mau： 還有不要猶豫，不要迷失在細節裡，果決的去做心中想做的事，頂多事後仔細收拾便是^^

Marc Chagall 4: It is all about Love ~

Marc Chagall 3: Where are his paintings?

Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall at Nice, France:

This photo of Musee National Message Biblique Marc Chagall is courtesy of TripAdvisor

Nice, France.

Marc Chagall 2 : I and the Village

Famous Russian-Jewish artist, Marc Chagall (1887-1985) , was born in Belarus, but later became a naturalized Frenchman in 1909. The fact that he grew up in a small village would play a prominent role in many of his paintings, including his well-known creation ‘I and the Village’ painted in Paris in 1911.


Clearly exhibiting aspects of Cubism, ‘I and the Village’ is a lively composition of various objects, human features and animal components that are fragmented, superimposed, and randomly assembled to produce an abstract arrangement. The colours are vibrant and a stark contrast exists between the red, the green and the blue. It is a painting that provides multiple viewpoints and distinctive perspectives.

Analysis

Influenced by a childhood spent in rural surroundings, Chagall’s ‘I and the Village’ is a dreamlike representation of goats, pastures, a farmer, a violinist, and simplistic images of houses, some of them upside-down. The whole could be viewed as a jigsaw puzzle extracted from a child’s imagination.

The painting possesses a significant amount of intrigue and symbolism. In the foreground of the painting, a green-faced man, wearing a cross around his neck, a cap on his head, and holding a glowing tree, stares directly across at the head of a goat, which encompasses another smaller goat being milked. In the background, a row of houses, an Orthodox church, and a man dressed in black carrying a scythe hurries past an upside down woman playing what appears to be a violin.

The geometric shapes and symbols grab the viewer’s attention. The small and large circles have been said to represent 3 spatial phenomena: the sun’s revolution in orbit, the earth’s revolution around the sun, and the moon’s revolution around the earth. Some have interpreted the smaller circle in the lower left-hand corner as an eclipse.

‘I and the Village’ illustrates the give and take between beings and the vibrant natural world surrounding them. It is a powerful display of the mutual relationship between humans, animals and plants.

“I and the Village” by Marc Chagall is housed in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, USA.

Self Portrait 7 Fingers

Marc Chagall 1: Chagall and Bella (A Love Story)

"Reason and love keep little company nowadays". ---William Shakespeare.
I say  if you can reason each step in your love relationship, you are not in love at all !!!!

Chagall exhibition at the Taipei Palace Museum !