After the month long sojourn in Taipei, I stepped into a scene of GOT returning to work. Welcome back to the reality or... surreality! Power play is at the core of psychology, dominance and submission. Canines piss, felines hiss… and the homo sapiens? The contortion between smiling and sneering resulted in the epidemic of hypocrisy. Never an orator, I reconstruct my reality in the drawing.
這趟台北行多年來待最久的一次, 也是首度, 略可想像, 若返鄉長居, 未必不可能.
While I was never enamored with the Bond series, Daniel Craig’s portrayal was my favorite by far so to watch his reign ending in a cliche was a disappointment. The graphic elements were stunning though from the hill town of Matera, the poisonous zen garden of Safin… to the lithe silhouette of Paloma in the rippling black ball gown while kicking villains’ butts with her long legs.
Growing up, my love for Shanghai was vicarious, through the impeccable story telling of my favorite Chinese writer, Eileen Chang. My first visit there was the late 90’s. The communist custom officer welcomed all Taiwanese denizens(they would not have put up with ‘citizens’) with a cautious hospitality. The wintery smog whacked me however and I had a vivid image of the waitress who served us chicken congee with her thumb dipped partially inside the bowl in a renowned local eatery. Regardless, the congee was yum-yum. Surreal, eh?
Swapping the new year’s resolution with a bucket list has become my mission possible 2022. What exactly does a bucket list mean? Is she or he the person you always want to court but for XYZ reasons, you walk away with a woeful heart of what ifs? When facing psychological threats(any thinking outside my comfort zone counts as one!), I tend to take it like Dr. Lecter would, settling old scores…. ta-da.
The world barely even comes out of the pandemic and yet is already at war?! There is nothing kind about our collective humankind and if any, we are of a very special brand of stupidity. I won’t try to pretend understanding the complex geopolitics and only wish we could all focus our energy on creation instead of destruction. That being said, a feeble happy March 14th Pi(e) Day… my friends.
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