Distance
I saw you in the distance
A noble soul shines
A humble heart hesitates
Tortures the distance
Consoles the distance
Keep it, keep it, the distance
Archive for March, 2010
Jazz from Cuba
2010
03.26
03.26
Pressure, pressure, pressure. Once the balance of life was broken, anxiety sneaked up.
Ibrahim Ferrer
No coffee, no tea, only a piece of Jazz music will work.
If Hip-hop represents vigorous young people, Jazz is likely to be a wise old man. There is no boundary in the world of music. However, different genres capture different features. As for Jazz, nothing is more notable than its elegance. It is a gentleman sipping a cup of tea. It is a lady flicking her skirt.
Personally, I would like listening to Jazz at an easy night. The swing surely let my imagination take flight.
Here are two recommendations of Jazz album: <Buena Vista Social Club> & <Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer>
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How to Disarm a Bomb?
2010
03.20
03.20
Poster
It has been a couple of days since I watched the “The Hurt Locker”. I’ve been thinking over the main idea Kathryn Bigelow wanted to tell.
From the beginning, the director told us: War is drug. But whom is the drug for? In political terms, the drug is for governors. Disguised as civilized guardian, advocating for peace and love, they started the war with malicious intentions. They are addicted to power, to domination, to war. The story reminds me of George Orwell’s <Animal Farm>. Animals suffered from laborious work. Once pigs led the war against man, they became more and more aggressive. And finally, the smartest pig became a dictator and other animals suffer more than before. This book mainly insinuated the corruption of socialism during Stalin’s period. However, back to reality, arbitrary domination is not exclusive in Socialist society. Capitalism, feudal societies are no exception. Probably, it should due to the evil of human nature. Please don’t take me as an absolute pessimist. I just can’t find any optimistic reason to explain it.
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Reading, Watching, Reflecting
2010
03.18
03.18
Irish novelist Joseph O’Connor once made a comment on reading:”Readers want to know what it is like to be
from Dead Poets Society
someone else for a moment, so that they know in some profound sense what it is like to be themselves.”
My interpretation of this comment is that reading helps you have a better understanding of yourself. To certain extent, all the artistic activities take you close to yourself. So does watching movies.
We want to be a dedicated fighter, a smart scientist or a brave adventurer from time to time. What if our country was defeated? What if aliens visit my home? What if the doomsday comes? What an actor gives is an experience held and shaped. He is in a slum, he is in a desert, and he is on another planet; he is in Jonesburg, he is in Iraq, and he is on Mars. That’s the joy of being an actor and we, viewers, share it. When we watch a film, we are both here and there. Our imagination takes us to whenever we want. And an ideal way to fulfill the imagination is to watch a film. Compared with reading, it is less time-consuming and monotonous.
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