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keeping watch

by MeL on October 15, 2009

曾经有一个小小的社会新闻,四个男孩子相偕去戏水,结果大浪一来,三个人死掉了,只剩下一个活着游回来。报纸上谈论著死掉的那三个孩子,而我急切地找活着的那一个:怎么没有他的名字呢?怎么没有人告诉我只剩下他活下来之后、他过得怎么样呢? 大家都替死的人感到难过,我却一直在想,活下来的那一个,一下子失去了三个好朋友,他会不会孤单?    所以我有了《沉睡的青春》。    沉睡,说的不是青春的消逝,而是生命的孤寂,可是却用一种带着诗意的甜美浪漫被呈现出来,原因是我并不想再增加生命的悲伤,相反地,我想疗伤,静静地、缓缓地、帮忙那些有遗憾的生命找到存在的力量。 — 导演 郑芬芬 出现在电影的话:  有些人对时间的流逝 感到遗憾  有些人则深陷其中 永远也逃不出来  存在也许无法被证明  灵魂的重量却可以被创造

what Proust teaches today

by MeL on October 1, 2009

A thin layer of dust has collected since I last read the Proust book. Some brain food for today. We don’t really learn anything properly until there is a problem, until we are in pain, until something fails to go (…)

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from the book

by MeL on July 14, 2009

If colors could be used to describe writings, his writings made full use of every colors from black to white. 1. There is an Arabic saying that the soul travels at the pace of a camel. While most of our (…)

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what i talk about when i talk about running

by MeL on April 15, 2009

“I’m often asked what I think about as I run. Usually the people who ask this have never run long distances themselves. I always ponder the question. What exactly do I think about when I’m running? I don’t have a (…)

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peace out

by MeL on April 7, 2009

YouTube it’s beautiful when you embrace the little imperfections. ps: this is supposed to be a propaganda advertising by our dearest government agency but i like the way the message and idea is brought across. /// ”和平“ 如果没有“战乱”,没有人可能发明“和平” “它”是一个目标,或者是理想主义者的一种幻想,或者是现在? ”和平“是… (…)

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