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(Unnamed Sketches #1 2011)   Charcoal on Paper

拾荒

把一件商品带回家，你只需要付出金钱，和些许搬运商品的劳力。

把路上捡到的一样东西搬回家，需要的是与之相遇的缘分，还有不顾众人鄙视目光的勇气。

这样说来，能够从街边抱回的东西，价值大一些。

对我来说。

To bring a commodity home, you just need to pay, and, maybe some labour power to ship it home.

To bring a thing you pick on your road home, you need a serendipity to meet it, and the guts to bypass discrimination by others.

So, a rubbish is more worthy than a commodity.

To me.

The Book of the Book 无字天书

THE BOOK OF THE BOOK

Idries Shah

 

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Reflective Statement

Original post: emptyeasel.com

It’s extremely important to be self-aware as an artist.

We should always be thinking about our processes, our decisions, our strengths and weaknesses, and our prejudices. Knowing these things will help you learn from your mistakes and use your strengths to their fullest advantage.

When you become aware of the things you’re doing intuitively, you will be able to create strategies for yourself to overcome challenges in your art practice. You will also able to overcome the things you do that might be holding you back artistically.

One great way to become more self-aware is by writing a reflective statement.

N30 Strike Bristol

One day, I was walking along the street to the bus stop on my way to studio, when I try to see the number of the bus, i feel that some strange thing had blocked my sight. When i go near to it, it says: All Out For N30, oh my god, there's a strike on the next day!! 

有一天，我走在路上，经过巴士站，奇怪的有一张纸挡着了我的视线，走近一看，写着：全部出来N30。这啥啊？再看仔细点，原来第二天有罢工！！兴奋地等到了第二天，走上街去瞧瞧。

10:55 College Green - Can see people are gathering

良禽择木而栖 - A Good Bird Choose a Good Wood to Stay

Untitled Sketch 2011 #7  ,  Charcoal on Paper  ,  29.7cm x 42cm  ,  2011

"良禽择木而栖”出自《孔子》

还有，贞明夫人一面为丈夫戴正头上的黑色官帽，一面又说：“有道是：良禽择木而栖，贤臣择主而侍。” 良禽择木。

贞明夫人所引的“良禽择木”是孔子在卫国时说过的话。当时卫灵公寻问孔子关于作战布阵的事情，孔子立即回答：“俎豆之事，则尝闻之矣；军旅之事未尝学也。(注：祭祀礼仪之类的事，我听说过；用兵打仗的事，我没有学过。)” 之后，孔子便催促学生们准备离开卫国。学生们不知其故，于是孔子说道：“鸟择木，无木择鸟。” 此言后来演变为“良禽择木而栖，贤臣择主而侍”孔子认为，君子遇事之时应看清在哪才能使自己的聪明才智得到最大程度的运用。

Chinese idiom: "Liang Qin Ze Mu Er Qi" , means: A good bird will choose a tree that is suitable for it, to stay and build it's nest.

Madam Zheng Ming said these words to her husband when putting on the black hat that represent as a Minister on him, "some said that, a good bird will choose a tree that is suitable for it, to stay and build it's nest, a good minister will choose a good king to serve."

The idiom that quoted by Madam Zheng Ming is the word that said by Confucius at Wei Kingdom. The Duke of Wei ask for opinion from Confucius about the battlefield lineup issues. And Confucius tell him that: I know about the matters of worshiping and courtesy, but never thought about battle and war. After that, Confucius urged his students to prepare to leave Wei Kingdom. The students feel strange about this, then Confucius told them: "Only the bird choose wood, never the wood choose bird." and this word become "a good bird will choose a tree that is suitable for it, to stay and build it's nest, a good minister will choose a good king to serve." Confucius think that: a gentleman should always think about whether the situation or place is suitable for him to show his talent and intelligence before making a decision.

正气歌 - The Song of Correct Attitude

余囚北庭，坐一土室。室广八尺，深可四寻。单扉低小，白间短窄，污下而幽暗。当此夏日，诸气萃然：雨潦四集，浮动床几，时则为水气；涂泥半朝，蒸沤历澜，时则为土气；乍晴暴热，风道四塞，时则为日气；檐阴薪爨，助长炎虐，时则为火气；仓腐寄顿，陈陈逼人，时则为米气；骈肩杂遝，腥臊汗垢，时则为人气；或圊溷、或毁尸、或腐鼠，恶气杂出，时则为秽气。叠是数气，当之者鲜不为厉。而予以孱弱，俯仰其间，於兹二年矣，幸而无恙，是殆有养致然尔。然亦安知所养何哉？孟子曰：「吾善养吾浩然之气。」彼气有七，吾气有一，以一敌七，吾何患焉！况浩然者，乃天地之正气也，作正气歌一首。

The lyrics of this melody are a famous essay in the collected works of Wen Tianxiang (1236-1282). Written in 30 five-character couplets (60 lines), they protest the conciliatory attitude of the Song dynasty towards the aggressive northern neighbors.

Pipilloti Rist - Eyeball Massage

Where?
Venue: Hayward Gallery, London

When?
28 SEPT 2011 - 8 JAN 2012

How Much?
GBP10 for adult
GBP8 for student with valid student card holder

UWE PP Lvl2 Seminar - Artist Statement

Title: How to Write an Artist Statement
 Date: 1/11/2011

Lecturer: Monica Oeschler

Component B - Professional Practice Folder (60%):

Within the folder you are required to submit a series of tasks that could be used in the future of an application for exhibiting in a contemporary gallery. You need to include the following:

1. A well designed Artist CV that can be used for self promotion within Fine Arts Field. One side of A4
2. A formal artist statement used for applications and work opportunities that clearly identifies what you do as an artist and what your underlying ideas are for this practice. 500 Words.
3. Clear and informative documentation of your own practice. You need to choose either: -a Power-point compilation on CD of 10 still images of your work or - a short DVD show-reel only if you make time based work (such as animations, short films, website or performance). Maximum 5 minutes.

(The Difference between: Reflective Statement, Artist Statement and Proposal: Reflective Statement is kind of an awareness of your development, Artist Statement is a public statement that present to outside. Proposal is a document for you to communicate between you, the artist and the gallery on how to exhibit your work.)

Nasi Lemak 2.0

（本篇含轻微粗俗语言与轻微政治内容，请读者留意，不喜误入，谢谢）

没有《大日子》的华丽，没有《初恋红豆冰》的偶像阵容，没有李添兴电影的艰涩，没有粗话，我在黄明志的《辣死你妈》看到的，是犹如Yasmin Ahmad电影中的感动。

文化好则企业好

载自郎咸平《谁在谋杀中国经济》
第三章：文化好则企业好

 1956年6月21日出生，祖籍山东潍坊。美国宾西法尼亚大学沃顿商学院博士；现任香港中文大学讲座教授。郎咸平作为世界级的公司治理和金融专家，主要致力于公司监管、项目融资、直接投资、企业重组、兼并与收购、破产等方面的研究，成就斐然。2004年，郎咸平用最为传统的财务分析方法，痛陈国企改革中的国有资产流失弊病，质疑某些企业侵吞国资，并提出目前一些地方上推行的“国退民进”式的国企产权改革已步入误区。引起巨大的影响，被称之为“郎旋风”。2010年被30多万网民自发推举、票选为“中国互联网九大风云人物”之一。 





我们中华文化当然博大精深，我讲这些并不是要批评中华文化，因为批评中华文化对很多人来说都是不能接受的。可是我告诉大家，中华文化的本质就是不养现代企业。如果它能够养现代企业，那么我想请问大家，为什么中国从来没有一个真正意义上出色的跨国企业？所以中华文化的本质值得我们关注和思考。

有讨论有进步 - 说起我在马来西亚读美术的日子

来到英国，回首我在马来西亚学习美术的日子，很多我心中的疑虑得到了一个模糊的...导向答案的小路，而答案是什么？还不得而知，但至少，我看到了通往答案的路径的路牌，还没踏上寻找答案的小路。

被教条捆绑 ，使得我寸步艰难。

你说我来到了外国说外国的月亮圆，我告诉你，我要说的是马来西亚根本连月亮都没有。

这样下去，马来西亚的当代艺术，是没可能会发展起来的。

System Upgrade

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2011年那二月到五月之间的事

The reason of my teaching career is easy, that's: I just want to be worship. Not such theories like: Sacrifice myself for Education.

我教书，并不是什么“为了奉献教育”这么冠冕堂皇的理由，我来教书的理由，很简单，因为我享受被崇拜的感觉。

DPLC 2011FA - Drawing Class

载录《赖声川的创意学》赖声川

第十章。三观  - 世界观

未免英文翻译曲解作者原意，所以本篇也不做英译，只在博主发言部分做英文注解。

To prevent mislead of the content or misunderstanding, so this post will not content english translation.

赖声川的创意学   。   台湾版   。   出版社：天下文化

 



你对生命的看法如何？你认为人应该怎么活？你对政府体系的看法是什么？艺术处于何种地位？暴力的意义是什么？自由的意义是什么？宇宙有其他生命吗？痛苦在生命中的意义是什么？人生的目的是什么？

这些问题的答案无法直接从书中得到，而是来自自己长期累积的经验和思考。这些想法必须是稳定的，同时随着自己的成长，这些想法也必须继续向前演进。这些就是一个人的“世界观”。

载录《艺术创业论》村上隆

为什么我的画能卖一亿？

艺术创业论的作者村上隆在书中有特别交代，如果不是专业翻译员可不能翻译他的书，以免意思被扭曲，所以本篇不做英译。

Takashi Murakami mentioned that he does not will his book to be translate by non-professional translater, to avoid the mislead of the content or misunderstanding, so this post will not content english translation.

村上隆简介

作为商业的艺术

艺术是借由与社会接触而成立的，光艺术作品本身是没有办法自立的，没有观赏者就无法成立；当然，作品销售也是要有顾客才会成立。不管在什么样的领域，这都是理所当然的销售铁则，到了艺术的世界却想要无视它的存在，哪有这么容易的事情。

太过珍惜既存的东西，或光是做太多高尚的东西，当然没有办法突出；如果去模仿既存的流派，就会被埋没在其中。跟保守主流的西欧绘画宗派相比，我就好像是创立了新兴宗教一样，不管是被打击还是引人注目都是理所当然的。

忆亡友

虽然我们不曾一起细述梦想    但我们也是把酒言欢的朋友。

虽然相见恨晚    但我们也曾一起度过无数夜晚。

虽然我们都不是对方生命中最重要的人    但我们却填补了对方生命中几个重要的时刻。

Although we never talk about our dreams     But we did have some laughter with wine

Although we get to know each other in a very late time    But we did spend a few night together

Although we are not the most important person in our life    But we did come through some important moment of our life