Shutter Island 隔離島有Martin Scorseseㄧ貫的華麗敘事風格, 總以隱含暴力的詩意鏡頭和古典悠揚的配樂 將每個出場人物襯托的魅力非凡, 故事的架構其實有些老套(也許原著小說定位不同), 和十多年前The Sixth Sense(by M. Night Shyamalan)異曲同工, 然The Sixth Sense萬縷千絲的細節終歸救贖的主旨, Shutter Island不但人物亦正亦邪, 軸線似真似假, 現實交錯夢魘(或者更貼近渾沌人生?), 尾聲主角的疑問召示無路可逃, 創傷的心靈果如隔離島?
週末攜LK先生和LV先生(Little Vincent)逛博物館, The National Museum of Singapore館藏不豐, 但星洲地窄志氣高, 總能將有限資源做最有成效的發揮, 雪白的殖民地風格建築隔開炎炎午后, 提供寧靜的城市綠洲, 各個展覽館對新加坡特殊文化的保存和宣揚匠心獨具, 批評比建設要容易, 我尊敬當政當局者的願景.
We live in the museum district. A stroll to the National Museum of Singapore is the perfect Sunday getaway. The dreamy History Gallery showers its guest with walls of antique sepia photographs. Studying the faces in the past, the lavish costumes and furnitures… the song Long Long Ago seems to start playing in my ears.
旅行時的早餐開啟ㄧ日的活力, 飯店因商旅客源, 提供國際化的fusion buffet最能如人意, 我卻是過盡千帆, ㄧ杯鮮榨橘子汁和兩個荷包蛋頗對味. Breakfast at the Mandarin Oriental Nihonbashi Tokyo
On a sunny day, one could see the tip of Mt. Fuji afar surround by clouds. The ultra fresh eggs came from an organic farm contributing to the very orange sun of the sunny side up :)
日本美食節目中,常標榜將ㄧ生賭在某種技藝或珍饈的達人們, 這樣的決心自然震撼, 前題是認勞無悔. 身為設計師的我對懷才不遇的歎息很反感, 因為成功與否ㄧ是見仁見智, 金錢上的成功未必涵蓋藝術價值, 二是人脈手腕努力比起才華於商業社會重要的多, 如不能認清這基本點, 尋覓知遇伯樂如等待果佗… Godot never comes and the play ends. 每次聽見後輩因為擔心修文學藝術賺不到錢而怯於此途, 我十分難受, 君子愛財, 取之有道, 請別用金錢的報酬來混淆自己決心與毅力的缺乏.
能夠維持幾個世紀不衰的和菓子名店虎屋, 經營者除卻願景, 懷抱的是對傳統傳承和式甜點雅藝的ㄧ份深厚情感吧? 季節生菓子顏色,形狀,甚至取名皆美如固體的詩句, 論味道, 我卻較偏愛羊羹和葛切, 尤其是黑砂糖羊羹絲緞般的柔滑口感, 回甘的甜味… 就像ㄧ位美麗且懂得聆聽的, 永遠的紅顏知己. Toraya
Toraya 'The House of Tiger' is one of the most prestigious wagashi maker that started in Kyoto in the 16th century. Its confectionery is the season's poetry solidified with exquisite colors&shapes, delicately balanced aroma&taste and sophisticated texture crafted from the finest ingredients. The wagashi tea salon is like an art gallery where I reflect and ponder about the sweet bliss.
Love to sleepwalk after hours and daydream in Sunday morning... designer by profession and deconstruction by obsession.
悲觀的樂觀主義者, 夢裡常常被迫害或是身旁的人盡做些蠢事, 醒著的時候總是擔憂99%不會發生的鬧劇; 也容易為小小的幸福感動, 喜歡看調皮的孩子笑, 懶惰的貓咪撒嬌, 寶石般的美食閃閃發光, 美麗如雕像的男人女人在眼前走過…