Who Ever Loved That Loved Not at First Sight?

It lies not in our power to love or hate,
For will in us is overruled by fate.

When two are stripped, long ere the course begin,
We wish that one should love, the other win;

And one especially do we affect

Of two gold ingots, like in each respect:

The reason no man knows; let it suffice
What we behold is censured by our eyes.
Where both deliberate, the love is slight:
Who ever loved, that loved not at first sight?

.....Christopher Marlowe

我們無法主宰自己的愛與恨，

一切皆是命運的安排。

在我們赤裸之前，我們的愛戀便已註定!

在我們的眼哩，思想哩，愛是如此輕蔑:

曾經戀愛過的人，哪個不是一見鐘情?

重點是，要如何長長遠遠.....!!

想你....

ps. How can a happy, innocent, musical baby know about the hardship of life and love?? :) So, he should not be born........

金色筆記 21: 威尼斯的船歌

有一首鋼琴曲，威尼斯的船歌，

孟德爾頌的無言歌集哩，最喜歡的曲子。

十歲時彈著這首曲子，

盼望著有這麼一天，和心愛的人，

在威尼斯的獨木舟裡擁吻....

十年前來到了夢幻的威尼斯，

卻是攝氏零度的冬日，

與家人朋友親人，

冷冷清清的水都格外的蒼涼；

今年來到了節慶的威尼斯，

喜歡在獨木舟裡仰望星空，

感受甜甜蜜蜜的溫暖....

別再問我是否是幻想....。

今夜

我戴上威尼斯特製的面具，

穿上你為我訂制的金色禮服，

走入一圈又一圈的派對；

像在慾望之翼裡的熱情，放縱與瘋狂...

只因，想你...好想你。

The Royal Crecent : in the film "the Dutches"

The Royal Crescent is a residential road of 30 houses, where noble people lived in, laid out in a crescent, in the city of Bath, England. Designed by the architect John Wood the Younger and built between 1767 and 1774, it is among the greatest examples of Georgian architecture to be found in the United Kingdom and is a grade I listed building.

金色筆記 20 :Jane Austen ( 1775-1817) : A critic and a Feminist from 200 years ago

1 A Royal Crescent: in Bath
2The "cottage" : in Chawton where Jane Austen lived during the last eight years of her life, now Jane Austen's House Museum

Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist, whose realism, biting social commentary and use of free indirect speech have earned her a place as one of the most widely read and most beloved writers in English literature.

I was inpired by "Educating Alice" , of which the aruthor A. Steinbeck reaches out her curiosity in many fields, especially in travaling to England, the path of locating Jane Auten. Austen, a Sagittarius, does not seem so ancient to me as I suddenly dived into her year of birth, 1775, finding that the whole social climbing, male chauvinism, and feminist theory, have never changed much since her time.

Sense and Sensibility (1811)
Pride and Prejudice (1813)
Mansfield Park (1814)
Emma (1815)
Northanger Abbey (1817) (posthumous)
Persuasion (1817) (posthumous)

The Prophet 4: Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran :

I love you, whatever you are, wherever you are...whether you are praying in the temple or kneeling in a church...

1. Where he was born :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvjN2NK0NvA

2. He Speaks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHl9fmAr6pM&feature=related

Prophet 3 :

Prophet on love/marriage:
Let there be spaces in your togetherness;
And let the winds of the heaven dance between you.
Love one another, but make not a bond of love:

Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of our bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.

Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping.
For only the hand of life can contain your hearts.
And stand together yet not too near together.

讓天堂的風在彼此之間舞踏
注滿彼此的酒杯卻不同飲一杯
彼此相愛 卻不要成為愛的枷鎖
一同跳舞放懷歡欣 卻各保有自我
只有生命之手才能包容你的心...
讓生命擁有愛的廣大胸懷...

On Love...: From the Prophet 2

Love: Like Sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himelf.
He threshes you to make you naked...
But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleaure.

Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness
and pass out of love' threshing-floor.
Into the seaonless world where you shall laugh,
but not all of your laughter, and weep , but not all of your tears...


Prophet 說；愛...
他採集你 好比一捆穀子
他鞭茦你以使你裸露..

但如果你在懼怯中 只想尋求愛的平安和愉悅
那麼不如遮掩著你的裸體
離開愛的打榖場
進入那無季節的世界
在那兒你將歡笑
但不是全心的笑
你將哭泣
但不是盡情的哭..

On Love...: From the Prophet

When love beckons to you, follow him
Though his ways are hard and steep.

And when his wings enfold you yield to him
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.

And when he speaks to you believe in him.
Though his voice may shatter your dreams a the north wind lays waste the garden.

For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you
Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.

Even as he ascends to your height and careses your tenderest branche that quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.

問世間，情是何物?

問世間，情是何物？ 直教人生死相許。
天南地北雙飛客， 老翅幾回寒暑。

歡樂趣，離別苦，就中更有痴兒女。
君應有語，渺萬里層雲。
千山暮雪，隻影向誰去？

金色筆記 19 : 來會我吧, 夜裡

手裡翻著瑞典的設計經濟學，突然閃過這樣的畫面....

出現，是不是，因為我睡著了，
想著你？ 早知是夢 就永遠不要醒來。

當慾望變得極其強烈，
我反穿睡衣， 暗如夜之殼。
我知道在醒來的世界
我們必得如此， 但多殘酷啊—— 即便在夢中 我們也須躲避黑熊的眼光。

對你無限 思念，
來會我吧
夜裡， 至少在夢徑上 沒有人阻擋。

雖然我沿著夢徑 不停地走向你， 但
那樣的幽會加起來 還不及清醒世界允許的
匆匆一瞥。

此愛是真，是夢？ 　

想為自己採 忘憂草 　
觸碰不到我的溫度， 在這圓月的夜，
我醒著渴望你。
我的胸口淌著淚，
我的內心在燃燒。

不為修來世，只為途中與你相見?

那一日
我閉目在經殿的香霧中，驀然聽見你頌經中的真言 　　
那一月
我搖動所有的經筒，不為超度，只為觸摸你的指尖 　　
那一年
磕長頭匍匐在山路，不為覲見，只為貼著你的溫暖
那一世
轉山轉水轉佛塔，不為修來世，只為途中與你相見 　　
那一月
我輕轉過所有經筒，不為超度，只為觸摸你的指紋 　　
那一年
我磕長頭擁抱塵埃，不為朝佛，只為貼著你的溫暖 　　
那一世
我細翻遍十萬大山，不為修來世，只為路中能與你相遇

只是，
就在那一夜 我忘卻了所有，拋卻了信仰，捨棄了輪迴
只為，
那曾在佛前哭泣的玫瑰，
早已失去舊日的光澤 —

—六世達賴倉央嘉措

"風聲": The Message

"風聲"；陳國富導演，周迅，張涵予，李冰冰主演。

當身邊每個人都成為可能的敵人，
當嚴刑拷打是你的家常考題，
愛情，強暴，調情，挑臖，謊言，犧牲成為手段，
到處皆是風聲歷歷，生死，尊嚴此時毫無價值...

為的是大時代的民族命運!
原來，看來最任性自我的，卻是最執著的奉獻。

Rating: 8/10

人生，何嘗不是，演戲?
演戲? 為的是自己心中的目的。
只是，我們演得開不開心?

現實生活裡，只喜歡"天外奇蹟" 裡的純真，冒險，與激情，

不喜歡燈紅酒綠的膚淺。

喜歡平日單純藝術的感受......

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睡不好，痛醒...肚子疼. 從來沒這麼疼過.

想你. 讓你從身後緊緊的抱我...

金色筆記 18 : 白色波斯貓咪...

就你和我時， 我只想靜靜的，依畏在你懷裡...

像隻白色的波斯貓咪。

我不喜歡在迷幻中過日子，詩詞更是讓人走入雲端；
然而人們都喜歡用詩，迷迷幻幻的談戀愛，伴情人；
我很愛很愛，卻不喜歡。

人生中充滿矛盾...

每天身邊的人事物都如靜止，卻又變化無常。
只能問，心在哪裡?
倘若有人能夠，將你我的悲傷吞下，在血液裡肆意蔓延。
那麼，這世間還會有什麼悲傷?

情人豈能隔空有如此的法力願力? 在心底珍藏。
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夜闌人靜，想你...
一個人上頂樓陽台，眺望著台北夜景；

燈火闌珊，想你... 上弦月時而被雲遮住，涼涼的微風。
愛情鳥，維維靈靈大概是被我吵醒了吧，夜裡當夜鶯...

此時，拿著點火機，想著...
是該點蠟燭? 還是點薄荷草捲紙? 還是?
看著火焰燃燒著， 細細數著哪個方向是淡水河? 還是101?

今夜，只想靜靜的, 好好抱抱我.
在這瀰漫著香草氣味的陽明山上...

Road to Heaven....: 天路

Chinese "Road to Heaven":
天路:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbnOVOVVRJA

清晨我站在青青的牧场　
看到神鹰披着那霞光
象一片祥云飞过蓝天
为藏家儿女带来吉祥
黄昏我站在高高的山岗
看那铁路修到我家乡
一条条巨龙翻山越岭
为雪域高原送来安康
那是一条神奇的天路
把人间的温暖送到边疆
从此山不再高路不再漫长
各族儿女欢聚一堂

Voice from Heaven : Mahler's 4th Symphony

Mahler's Symphony No. 4

1st Mov: Dynamic and Sensitive !!! Abbado's 2009 Performance...:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xade35_mahler-symphony-n4-1-6-abbado-lucer_music

Heaven's Life: 4th Mov: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCsnpVYetMg

(From Des Knaben Wunderhorn, The Youth's Magic Horn )

We enjoy heavenly pleasuresand therefore avoid earthly ones.No worldly tumultis to be heard in heaven.All live in greatest peace.We lead angelic lives,yet have a merry time of it besides.We dance and we spring,We skip and we sing.Saint Peter in heaven looks on.

I Surrender: Powerful and Passionate Live...

Celine Dion "I Surrender " :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=TW&hl=zh-TW&v=15xKfLSSQF4

There's so much life I've left to live
And this fire is burning still
When I watch you look at me
I think I could find the will

To stand for every dream
And forsake this solid ground
And give up this fear within
Of what would happen if they ever knew
I'm in love with you

'Cause I'd surrender everything
To feel the chance to live again
I reach to youI know you can feel it too
We'd make it through
A thousand dreams I still believe
I'd make you give them all to me
I'd hold you in my arms and never let go
I surrender

I know I can't survive
Another night away from you
You're the reason I go on

And now I need to live the truth
Right now, there's no better time
From this fear I will break free
And I'll live again with love
And no they can't take that away from me
And they will see...

The Ugly Truth: can you believe the truth?

The Ugly Truth:

The Truth about men only have sex and looks in mind,

The Truth about men like to be played but not controlled,

The Truth about woman with unrealistic dreams can never be fulfilled,

The Truth about pretending and gaming can win a high profile lover....

Featuring : Katherine HeiglKaren McCullah LutzKirsten Smith

Tom Rosenberg

Quote: Do not try to win his heart, aim another one.

You need to be two women: a librarian, and a stripper!

Robert Frank: A photographer with intention, and quality...

"When people look at my pictures I want them to feel the way they do when they want to read a line of a poem twice." Robert Frank, LIFE (26 November 1951 )

金色筆記 17: 能做夢...

能做夢，表示年少情懷依舊；
能愛，能哭，能盡情的笑，能狂野，能飆縱...!
倘若不再有淚，不再會感動，那麼是幸運的嗎?

很想看一部會讓我哭成淚人ㄦ的戲...；
很想聽一個會讓我倒淌淚水的故事....；

就是，很想...

眼裡泛淚光... 不夠...

金色筆記 16: Bellevita, Roger Vivier

參加一個開幕酒會, 外觀建築好古典精緻，

室內卻太過簡單寒冷的感覺。
酒會不到半小時，就頭暈目眩了，
空腹，身體未好，香檳喝太多。

看著一雙雙極美的高跟，精心打造的絲舞時尚，

像是進入美術館裡的童話世界... !!!

不喜歡太多攝影機鎂光燈...

毘濕奴之死: Death of Vishnu; 生命最後的救贖

毘濕奴之死: Death of Vishnu
原文作者：Manil Suri
出版社：心靈工坊

作者在神祇與人性的融合下，娓娓道出靈魂往上提升的窘境，更是追討人性最真實的需索貪婪：我們對這人世的貪戀終究為何？ 一個邏輯性極高的輪迴說法....

書中充滿了情慾，貪婪，怨恨，忌妒，猜疑，Vishnu 正是印度三大神祇之一，能夠變化成十種怪獸救贖世界。正因為他的死，讓書中的角色們各各展現淨化心靈的一面!

「一點一滴，一世又一世，吉夫的靈魂充分享受了人世間的富裕，直到那時，才平息了他的飢渴；唯有如此，他的靈魂才允許他再度抬頭往上看，去一個超越自我和慾望的地方，在那兒，他甘心為他人服務。」毘濕奴的母親對他說著有關轉世的故事。

「……他總認為這是人性的瑕疵，人類的墮落，才會渴求信仰某種超越的力量。宗教的存在是為了社會控制，為了監看那些無法自己思考的人們，創造一個光芒萬丈的偶像和許諾，讓大眾的慾望衝動安靜下來，以便於規範。」

「……藥物，在究竟意義上，不也是信仰嗎？相信醫生的診斷知識，相信他們開的藥能夠讓你痊癒，相信嘴裡融化的藥片能治療你，而非殺了你。這整座醫院不都是建立在信仰上嗎？」
「……但是，他若未能在這階段充分滿足自己，將永遠無法畢業，往下一個階段前進。他必須先暢飲自我飽足的池水，直到確認自己永不再飢渴。在認知到身體及所有的慾望不過是幻境前，反射的影像絕不會比暢飲池水更真實。這要輪迴好幾世呢！但我見過只輪迴一世就解脫的，或甚至只有半世。」

宗薩欽哲仁波切（欽哲諾布導演）說：「這本書的作者真是個天才，他把人性與神性融合在一起，藉由一個以印度神祇為名的小人物，神奇地介紹了印度的信仰，同時展現了印度式無獨有偶的人生幽默感。而所有的事情，就只發生在一個公寓裡。我若能把這個故事拍成電影，將會是我一生中最大的成就之一。」

Rating: 5/5 Stars

W. Blake: 我們被引導著相信謊言...

從一粒沙看世界，

在一朵野花裡見到天堂，

用你的手掌握住無限，

在霎那裏找到永恆。

我們被引導著相信謊言，

當我們看卻不經過雙眼，

它在黑暗裡生也在黑暗裡滅，

當靈魂在光照裡卻沉睡....

Milano 5: Duomo, In Purple Fashion

Verona 4: Boutique Shops at night...

In Venetian polo shirt and shorts posing ...at night in front of Arena...

Those boutiques were so decorative and unique sparkling in this small town ..
In the art museum...

Verona 3: The Arena

6:00 in the Morning,
Just Woke up without any make up...

Smiling as ever... Oh, my friend actually said I looked too pure without make up. I wish if I could always travel in the small town like Romeo's Verona!

Like a dream, a fairy tale, a fantasy in a Renaissance Period.