「宇宙萬物的創造源於一點火花。以火花比喻一切創作活動
還以為標誌設計參巧自蝙蝠俠, 比喻香港設計界實況如漫畫中的葛咸城，很佩服這種借「賽
卑身為本地設計一員，當真五體投地。
（正當在網上閑瀏，突然看到這本超自然冷科學書。雖不及金帆瑜伽般偉大，但肯定未來各大小設計獎項和資助一定
12.27.2009
創意香港之2012
尊貴特區政府舉辦的「創意香港標誌設計比賽」結果終於揭曉。一貫抱著看好戲的心情來期待這個日子來臨，果然不負所望，冠軍作品令人嘆為觀止、嘖嘖稱奇。先看看得獎者在官網上的作品解釋：
「宇宙萬物的創造源於一點火花。以火花比喻一切創作活動，最為貼切。創作往往始於電光石火的靈感湧現、忽有所悟，亦即讓創作人驚歎『我想到了』的一剎。上圖的火花標誌，表示香港是一個能點燃無限創意的地方。三點火花代表主要的靈感泉源，即天、地和人；思想、身體和靈魂；知性、感性和靈性。這些都是一切創作活動的基礎。」
還以為標誌設計參巧自蝙蝠俠, 比喻香港設計界實況如漫畫中的葛咸城，很佩服這種借「賽」諷今的膽色。讀完其創作意念，才驚覺自己是多麼庸俗膚淺，莫說什麼天地人知性感性靈性, 連火花都感覺不到。
卑身為本地設計一員，當真五體投地。
（正當在網上閑瀏，突然看到這本超自然冷科學書。雖不及金帆瑜伽般偉大，但肯定未來各大小設計獎項和資助一定衝著得獎者滾滾來。）
「宇宙萬物的創造源於一點火花。以火花比喻一切創作活動
還以為標誌設計參巧自蝙蝠俠, 比喻香港設計界實況如漫畫中的葛咸城，很佩服這種借「賽
卑身為本地設計一員，當真五體投地。
（正當在網上閑瀏，突然看到這本超自然冷科學書。雖不及金帆瑜伽般偉大，但肯定未來各大小設計獎項和資助一定
12.19.2009
The Queen & The Soldier
The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door
He said, "I am not fighting for you any more"
The queen knew she'd seen his face someplace before
And slowly she let him inside.
He said, "I've watched your palace up here on the hill
And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill
But I am leaving tomorrow and you can do what you will
Only first I am asking you why."
Down in the long narrow hall he was led
Into her rooms with her tapestries red
And she never once took the crown from her head
She asked him there to sit down.
He said, "I see you now, and you are so very young
But I've seen more battles lost than I have battles won
And I've got this intuition, says it's all for your fun
And now will you tell me why?"
The young queen, she fixed him with an arrogant eye
She said, "You won't understand, and you may as well not try"
But her face was a child's, and he thought she would cry
But she closed herself up like a fan.
And she said, "I've swallowed a secret burning thread
It cuts me inside, and often I've bled"
He laid his hand then on top of her head
And he bowed her down to the ground.
"Tell me how hungry are you? How weak you must feel
As you are living here alone, and you are never revealed
But I won't march again on your battlefield"
And he took her to the window to see.
And the sun, it was gold, though the sky, it was gray
And she wanted more than she ever could say
But she knew how it frightened her, and she turned away
And would not look at his face again.
And he said, "I want to live as an honest man
To get all I deserve and to give all I can
And to love a young woman who I don't understand
Your highness, your ways are very strange."
But the crown, it had fallen, and she thought she would break
And she stood there, ashamed of the way her heart ached
She took him to the doorstep and she asked him to wait
She would only be a moment inside.
Out in the distance her order was heard
And the soldier was killed, still waiting for her word
And while the queen went on strangeling in the solitude she preferred
The battle continued on
by Suzanne Vega, from the album under the same name, 1985
He said, "I am not fighting for you any more"
The queen knew she'd seen his face someplace before
And slowly she let him inside.
He said, "I've watched your palace up here on the hill
And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill
But I am leaving tomorrow and you can do what you will
Only first I am asking you why."
Down in the long narrow hall he was led
Into her rooms with her tapestries red
And she never once took the crown from her head
She asked him there to sit down.
He said, "I see you now, and you are so very young
But I've seen more battles lost than I have battles won
And I've got this intuition, says it's all for your fun
And now will you tell me why?"
The young queen, she fixed him with an arrogant eye
She said, "You won't understand, and you may as well not try"
But her face was a child's, and he thought she would cry
But she closed herself up like a fan.
And she said, "I've swallowed a secret burning thread
It cuts me inside, and often I've bled"
He laid his hand then on top of her head
And he bowed her down to the ground.
"Tell me how hungry are you? How weak you must feel
As you are living here alone, and you are never revealed
But I won't march again on your battlefield"
And he took her to the window to see.
And the sun, it was gold, though the sky, it was gray
And she wanted more than she ever could say
But she knew how it frightened her, and she turned away
And would not look at his face again.
And he said, "I want to live as an honest man
To get all I deserve and to give all I can
And to love a young woman who I don't understand
Your highness, your ways are very strange."
But the crown, it had fallen, and she thought she would break
And she stood there, ashamed of the way her heart ached
She took him to the doorstep and she asked him to wait
She would only be a moment inside.
Out in the distance her order was heard
And the soldier was killed, still waiting for her word
And while the queen went on strangeling in the solitude she preferred
The battle continued on
by Suzanne Vega, from the album under the same name, 1985
11.18.2009
松本清張的焦點
日本人很熱衷紀念日, 什麼偉人的生忌辰當然不容錯過。今年則特別熱鬧, 一共有五位文壇巨匠的一百年生辰紀念, 其中最為人知的太宰治及松本清張, 其作品就被拍成電影。松本清張是我喜愛的日本作家之一, 被拍成電影的「零的焦點」就是其作品中我最欣賞的。
在旅日的時期幸運地適逢電影上映, 很想看但心裡猶疑, 因為是自己喜愛的小說, 多少會有些主觀, 怕會失望。然而像是冥冥中的安排, 天氣驟變, 由清晨開始不斷下著冷雨, 便順理成章地去看電影來打發乘搭下午火車前的時間。
日本人的可愛之處是電影在改篇文學或漫畫作品時, 往往會忠於原著; 當然, 始終是電影, 難免會加點官能刺激的元素, 但故事大綱同小說的大致相同, 這可優待了我這個不肯認真地讀日語的人。電影整體上中規中矩, 然而也得讚一下導演選角, 主要的演員無論是外型氣質都同小說裏的角色相近, 加上戰後昭和年代的場景及造型設計平實細緻, 比起某些花巧的國際港產懷舊片多了一份真實和親切感。
松本清張是日本社會派推理小說的宗師, 其作品大多反映日本戰敗後的社會狀況。如果想知道一般日本平民百姓戰後的生活, 大慨閱讀松本的作品會有所領會, 這是不會在我們學校的歷史課或主流傳媒娛樂中能看到的。松本的風格另一特點就是他在其作品中大多會同情女性。每當一個女人成為罪犯, 背後原因雖不至悲天憫人也是身不由己, 很少會出現徹徹底底的女惡魔。「零的焦點」就將這個特色推至高峯, 小說描繪了戰後日本女性在貧困生活中的悲涼, 以及戀愛婚姻尚未普及下的無奈。故事中的三個女人, 一個被逼、兩個被騙。表面上在寫三個女人的不幸, 實際上在戰後資源缺乏的貧困環境, 加上當時的政府奉媚縱容美國軍隊的陰霾下, 日本百姓的苦況實在不足為外人道。松本清張正是藉著自己的作品向國家提出嚴厲的控訴。
雖然1800日圓的戲票真的很昂貴, 但電影大慨不會有機會在香港放映, 所以還是高興自己看了。
電影的部份劇照
在旅日的時期幸運地適逢電影上映, 很想看但心裡猶疑, 因為是自己喜愛的小說, 多少會有些主觀, 怕會失望。然而像是冥冥中的安排, 天氣驟變, 由清晨開始不斷下著冷雨, 便順理成章地去看電影來打發乘搭下午火車前的時間。
日本人的可愛之處是電影在改篇文學或漫畫作品時, 往往會忠於原著; 當然, 始終是電影, 難免會加點官能刺激的元素, 但故事大綱同小說的大致相同, 這可優待了我這個不肯認真地讀日語的人。電影整體上中規中矩, 然而也得讚一下導演選角, 主要的演員無論是外型氣質都同小說裏的角色相近, 加上戰後昭和年代的場景及造型設計平實細緻, 比起某些花巧的國際港產懷舊片多了一份真實和親切感。
松本清張是日本社會派推理小說的宗師, 其作品大多反映日本戰敗後的社會狀況。如果想知道一般日本平民百姓戰後的生活, 大慨閱讀松本的作品會有所領會, 這是不會在我們學校的歷史課或主流傳媒娛樂中能看到的。松本的風格另一特點就是他在其作品中大多會同情女性。每當一個女人成為罪犯, 背後原因雖不至悲天憫人也是身不由己, 很少會出現徹徹底底的女惡魔。「零的焦點」就將這個特色推至高峯, 小說描繪了戰後日本女性在貧困生活中的悲涼, 以及戀愛婚姻尚未普及下的無奈。故事中的三個女人, 一個被逼、兩個被騙。表面上在寫三個女人的不幸, 實際上在戰後資源缺乏的貧困環境, 加上當時的政府奉媚縱容美國軍隊的陰霾下, 日本百姓的苦況實在不足為外人道。松本清張正是藉著自己的作品向國家提出嚴厲的控訴。
雖然1800日圓的戲票真的很昂貴, 但電影大慨不會有機會在香港放映, 所以還是高興自己看了。
電影的部份劇照
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