Category Archives: words at work

黃金時代(二) 簫紅‧簫軍‧無家

這海報的配字, 要多錯, 有多錯 簫紅一路上哪些時候自由過, 她只是一路爭取. 舊社會讓她一路無家. 她的性別革命, 最後把自己的命也革了.

許鞍華說她拍《黃金時代》是因她想探索作為女性在男人扎堆的文壇的景況是怎麼樣, 因她自己也是存在於男性為主的導演圈中. 不知道可以「選擇」丫角終老, 自主一生的許導, 最後在銀幕上看著簫紅的一生, 有些甚麼感想, 是否在慶幸自己不是生存在那個女性只能作絲蘿  的年代, 不管附著的是否喬木, 也不管自己真不心願意. Continue reading →

畫與照片

不太年青的攝影人拿著最近的作品去見出版人. 出版人翻開那大本子: 「噫, 裏面都是畫哦, 你不照相了嗎?」

那攝影人說: 「哦. 現在的畫可以賣十多廿十萬, 照片才幾萬元, 當然要畫點畫的..」

我路過. 無語.

 

 

Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Killer Tsunami – the lost connection with nature and gender inequity

THE LOST MANGROVE : As we commemorate the killer tsunami that hit south Asia 10 years ago, I remember a monument proposal I submitted 5 years ago — The Lost Mangrove”, its title …. commenting on the dire consequences of clearing one’s guardian angels, mangroves and corals, to make ways for tourist, shrimp/prawn farms and other facilities in the name of economy..

The proposal also meant to commemorate that there were 3 times as many women died as men when the tsunami struck. Continue reading →

忘了做冬…so I have forgotten the Winter Solstice

As a city dweller that is disconnected with the weather, the farms and nature…. it is quite easily that I have those festivals that were once upon a time so important for survival forgotten… And I just did. I skipped the Winter Solstice. The longest night reminds people that winter is here and the Earth(the northern hemisphere) will become frigid and cold in the coming two months. To compensate for my absentmindedness,  i am pulling out an old article from my files about this solar marker and  the community spirits that it once induced and including it back in this blog, just to remind myself how forgetful and fragmented this world I live in has become….

The article was published in Making Waves, WICC, winter, 2007

Doing the Winter ….The East Asian Way of Spending the Longest Night

The Winter Solstice, or the longest night of the year, has had immense importance in many northern cultures from antiquity. This event marks the beginning of the sun’s next cycle. Although the coldest days are yet to come, this day also promises that the frigid land will soon be warmed by the sun’s returning rays. Continue reading →

榕樹的孩子

photo credit: http://www.mafengwo.cn/i/681504.html

淺粉磚色的小圓粒子

一顆一顆的從樹上落下來

挑皮的  一彈一彈的  才停在地上

以為自己找到了屬她的方寸泥土

很快便可以鑽出青錄來…

然後伴著媽媽成長

可惜, 這是城市

 

 

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