Wednesday, December 03, 2014

誰甘心?

看了黃之鋒寫給他媽媽的話,提到不甘心政制沒寸進,空手而回。我一早知道學生不甘心,種瓜不得瓜,種荳不得荳。然而瓜荳成長真只是落手種的人的工嗎?壯志未籌真是難以預料嗎?革命只是一朝一夕?運動之前的成功多多少少是時勢使然。運動由一群人開始,亦未必由同一群人成就。自以為是使我們成為689,那就會給他看透。同學,我敬佩你們的熱情和勇氣,但在殘酷的現實下,不要被同化。

Tuesday, December 02, 2014

paint the impossible 'paint'

I watched 'Global Trekker' and noted that Renoir suffered from arthritis. He still painted. And Matisse in his old age used new method to do his artworks in Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence - a seemingly very serene place. I found on line a book about this little chapel: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Henri-Matisse-A-Second-Life/dp/0241969085 There is no easy life. If we hold on to our dreams, even during sufferings, we would be 'revitalized' in new form. And creativity is a gift from God.