DL Andrew Lloyd Webber song collection CD (I have one actually!) and discovered this gem- "No Matter What"- from the 1996 musical Whistle Down the Wind, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman and popularized by the group Boyzone. The melody is the familiar 1980's one, which can whirl you in the air... well, listening to the 'no matter' declaration by the white fresh 'boys' are real cool ....
從張惠妹的time to say goodbye, 到 Sarah Brightman 和 Andrea Bocelli 的 Time to say goodbye, 喚起了 當年對 musical / opera 的音樂震撼. 西方音樂, (vs 東方的) 和歌聲, 原本就是這樣, 力量和感覺油然而生.
想起了當年買過的CD- Phantom of the opera- 有動人的歌聲- music of the night..... 再聽, 依然讓人感動....
在馬來西亞KL曾參觀穆斯林藝術博物館, (Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia - http://www.iamm.org.my) 規模之grand and noble, 令人蕭然而深深感動. 天與人的關係, 難道是藝術作品可以貫通嗎? 連至美善也不足夠表達出的關係, 還有什麼可以? 我無言.
" Voices of Asia Asia Society Summer Film Series 2009 June 18 – July 5, 2009
Asia's quest for modernity has left many excluded from the affluence unfettered development has brought. People from Kazakhstan to the Philippines continue to struggle with daily existence, yet remain stoic in their capacity to rise above misfortune. In its seventh year, the Asia Society Summer Film Series documents the region’s people and their spirit in the face of adversity.
Escape with us in this celebration of ordinary life through the eyes and lenses of filmmakers from across the world. Join us as we follow an Indian chef’s adventures in the Swiss highlands; a mute boy from the slums of the Philippines as he discovers a love for music; a single father struggling to survive in the dangerous Chinese mines; a Jordanian airport janitor who inspires kids to dream big and fly high; and a troubled urban teenager who spends an idyllic summer in rural Japan with her English grandmother.
Voices of Asia offers a universal message of hope, aspiration and the triumph of the human spirit. "
Buried in mind for years the classical painting, "Paris Street; Rainy Day" by Gustave Caillebotte. (http://www.artcyclopedia.com/masterscans/l49.html)
Still, my photo is far from satisfaction on the expression of the cool, dark, metropolitan chill. But I enjoy the blur in the background which tells me something about the city sophistication.
Hey lady, you lady, cursing at your life You're a discontented mother and a regimented wife I've no doubt you dream about the things you'll never do But, I wish someone had talked to me Like I wanna talk to you.....
Oh, I've been to Georgia and California and anywhere I could run I took the hand of a preacher man and we made love in the sun But I ran out of places and friendly faces because I had to be free I've been to paradise but I've never been to me
Please lady, please lady, don't just walk away 'Cause I have this need to tell you why I'm all alone today I can see so much of me still living in your eyes Won't you share a part of a weary heart that has lived million lies....
Oh, I've been to Niece and the Isle of Greece while I've sipped champagne on a yacht I've moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo and showed 'em what I've got I've been undressed by kings and I've seen some things that a woman ain't supposed to see I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me
[spoken] Hey, you know what paradise is? It's a lie, a fantasy we create about people and places as we'd like them to be But you know what truth is? It's that little baby you're holding, it's that man you fought with this morning The same one you're going to make love with tonight That's truth, that's love......
Sometimes I've been to crying for unborn children that might have made me complete But I took the sweet life, I never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet I've spent my life exploring the subtle whoring that costs too much to be free Hey lady...... I've been to paradise, (I've been to paradise) But I've never been to me
(I've been to Georgia and California, and anywhere I could run) I've been to paradise, never been to me (I've been to Neice and the isle of Greece while I've sipped champagne on a yacht) I've been to paradise, never been to me (I've been to cryin' for unborn children that might have made me complete) I've been to paradise, never been to me (I've been to Georgia and California, and anywhere I could run) I've been to paradise, never been to me
一套彷記錄片式叙事片 (imitative documentary narrative, or "mockumentary"). 擺脫慣常的起承轉合戲劇形式, 但又從不經意中素描出人物關係個性甚至體現人生哲理: "生命如污穢物一樣,最好的總是會出頭的。(in sewage, like life, the best will always rise to the top.) " 不過最抵死還是幽默的風格與屎尿橫流的場景化學作用下產生的特級趣味. 哈哈.
Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate,") generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. Different definitions of "culture" reflect different theoretical bases for understanding, or criteria for evaluating, human activity. In general, the term culture denotes the whole product of an individual, group or society of intelligent beings. It includes technology, art, science, as well as moral systems and the characteristic behaviors and habits of the selected intelligent entities. In particular, it has specific more detailed meanings in different domains of human activities. Anthropologists most commonly use the term "culture" to refer to the universal human capacity to classify, codify and communicate their experiences symbolically......