我的山海經 Finding My Own Atlas des geographes d'Orbae

Project deadlines approaching, Mr. LK on a business trip, little V's atopic dermatitis manifesting to its record high… I am soldiering on.  I am sorry having to take a break from my weekly blogging; you know and I know how much our exchanges on life, arts, literature, travel… mean to me.  

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往事只堪哀 A Rose Is A Rose Is A Rose…

Perhaps the upcoming March 8th International Women's Day is having the universe's energy built up, I seem to be under the karma of extraordinary women these days.  First came my rendezvous with the Gertrude Stein quote 'A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose' while reading The Language of Flowers(book review in my previous post); it stung like a thorn before I bled wisdom.  Not sure if the screenwriter of The Iron Lady was inspired by Gertrude Stein at all but when Meryl Streep as Lady Thatcher delivered the powerful statement 'A crime is a crime is a crime', the line's firmness left a complex aftertaste.  I ruminated about values, one's free will and social awareness… for days.  When I sat in front of this floral covered wall with empty birdcages at a tea salon one weekend, I felt like coming out of the aviary but the enlightenment was that the space between the metal bars had always been wider than my body...

初中時著迷李後主的文采, ㄧ頭栽進華麗的異世界, 多年後斷斷續續的詞句久不久浮上心頭…

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