昨晚睡覺時
Kuma從床上掉下去
碰的一聲
嚇了我一大跳
上次Kuma住院時
我一天掉了眼淚三次
揪心
希望明年一切平安
2007年12月27日 星期四
Beatrix Potter's garden
around the Lake District, it's foggy.
Peggy and I went to
see the Beatrix Potter's house,
which is located in the Hill Top.
Beautiful garden!
2007年12月26日 星期三
bird watching
在London 的Tate Modern 煙囪上
停了一隻隼(falcon)
千禧橋(Millennium)下
RSPB協會架單筒給路人看
我湊上前去
很美
協會還附中文翻譯
我才知道是一隻隼
沿著Norman Foster設計的千禧橋
視野遼闊
橫展出來的橋身
像翅膀一樣
2007年12月23日 星期日
happy birthday to myself
12月24日
34年前在台南的小醫院出生
感謝爸爸媽媽
一路走來
許多朋友的陪伴
還有Joy 和 Kuma
學校的耶誕舞會
我和其它老師晚上要跳天鵝湖給學生看
特別的生日方式
2007年12月20日 星期四
My Thesis: A Study of Berenice Abbott's New York Photographs
Abstract
This thesis examines the experience of modernity expressed in the American photographer Berenice Abbott’s photographs of New York, taken from 1929 to 1939. In her works, these images also foreshadow the postmodern condition. The focus is on the iconographic analysis, in association with her own writings and the art criticisms of her works. My thesis discusses Abbott’s double vision of New York in her photographs. On the one hand, she praised its development, but on the other hand, she emphasized its woeful side. After careful analysis of her photographs, I find that her images from 1929 to 1935 consist of strong visual aesthetics, such as capturing the instant moment, variable vision, and surrealist sense. It was after 1935, when Abbott took photographs in the “Changing New York” project, that she paid more attention on the historical issue, by juxtaposing the old and new buildings and implying a perpetually transitional world. Abbott’s modern perspective is raised by the New York city’s huge complexities. Her works reflect the brilliant and vital aspects of urban environment, such as diverse shop windows, advertisements, and the skyscrapers. Besides, she focuses her lens on the subterranean figures in their environment, and shows how people are oppressed and alienated under the capitalist city. Berenice Abbott stands in an objective position to elucidate the conflicting phenomena of modernity, and she profoundly grapes the indigenous aspects of New York city in her works. My thesis is the first work concerning to an epochal city culture in Berenice Abbott’s New York photographs.
Key Words: Berenice Abbott, photography, New York, modernity, postmodernity, machine aesthetics, alienation, surrealism.
This thesis examines the experience of modernity expressed in the American photographer Berenice Abbott’s photographs of New York, taken from 1929 to 1939. In her works, these images also foreshadow the postmodern condition. The focus is on the iconographic analysis, in association with her own writings and the art criticisms of her works. My thesis discusses Abbott’s double vision of New York in her photographs. On the one hand, she praised its development, but on the other hand, she emphasized its woeful side. After careful analysis of her photographs, I find that her images from 1929 to 1935 consist of strong visual aesthetics, such as capturing the instant moment, variable vision, and surrealist sense. It was after 1935, when Abbott took photographs in the “Changing New York” project, that she paid more attention on the historical issue, by juxtaposing the old and new buildings and implying a perpetually transitional world. Abbott’s modern perspective is raised by the New York city’s huge complexities. Her works reflect the brilliant and vital aspects of urban environment, such as diverse shop windows, advertisements, and the skyscrapers. Besides, she focuses her lens on the subterranean figures in their environment, and shows how people are oppressed and alienated under the capitalist city. Berenice Abbott stands in an objective position to elucidate the conflicting phenomena of modernity, and she profoundly grapes the indigenous aspects of New York city in her works. My thesis is the first work concerning to an epochal city culture in Berenice Abbott’s New York photographs.
Key Words: Berenice Abbott, photography, New York, modernity, postmodernity, machine aesthetics, alienation, surrealism.
2007年12月19日 星期三
生日禮物 Birthday Present
今天收到生日禮物
夙玲寄來的
兩張Nick Cave的CD
聽到"No more shall we part"
第一首'As I sat sadly by her side'
很感動 總是帶來帶去 遺失的CD 再聽到
回過來的 許多感受
wanna listen it by red wine
another one is "Nocturama", still great!
2007年12月17日 星期一
2007年12月16日 星期日
2007年12月15日 星期六
Run Kuma, Run
我會帶Kuma到成大奔跑
在洗澡之前
(我想到蘿拉快跑)
每個星期花上40分鐘洗澡 吹乾
牠總是噴的我滿身肥皂泡泡
算是一隻很喜歡水的小狗
2次在成大校園 就跳進水池裡
走回家的路上
遇到學生
我牽著一隻濕搭搭的小狗
有點不好意思
這張照片
像不像Michael Nick Nichols奔跑中的大象?!
2007年12月13日 星期四
Dear Maxine
我在York Youthhostel正愁著
是否要花5英鎊坐計程車到火車站
Maxine,前一晚一起聊天的女士
說要開車載我去
Maxine 很酷的一位老太太
她從澳洲運自己的腳踏車過來英國
然後租著一輛Opel到各處
騎單車
一個人
我拍下她和她的Opel
2007年12月12日 星期三
Roger Federer
I am a big fan of Roger Federer.
So exciting to see his white suit and golden shoes.
He always wears this suit after he won the game.
今年Federer 除了法國紅土未得冠軍
在澳洲網球公開賽 溫布敦 美國網球公開賽
四大滿貫 贏了三個
很想在球場上看到
蠢蠢欲動 明年一月底在墨爾本的澳網
2007年12月11日 星期二
Time Tree Arbour
the boatman calls from the lake
a lone loon dives upon the water
i put my hand over her
down in the lime tree arbour
the wind in the trees is whispering
whispering low that i love her
she puts her hand over mine
down in the lime tree arbour
through every breath that i breathe
and every place i go
there is hand that protects me
and i do love her so
there will always be suffering
it flows through life like water
i put my hand over hers
down in the lime tree arbour
the boatman he has gone
and the loons have flown for cover
she puts her hand over mine
down in the lime tree arbour
through every word that i speak
and every thing i know
there is hand that protects me
and i do love her so
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
2002年和誠品區經理 乾瑜
到高雄看大遠百的書店
路上放的是Nick Cave的音樂
因為喜歡 所以問了
老闆就送我這張" No More Shall We Part"
哥德式的搖滾
2002年到Ann Arbor,Michigan買到
"The Boatman's Call"
很棒 一聽再聽
再2004的專輯"Abattoir Blues/Lyre of Orpheus"
就覺得太輕快
可能是自己老了
2007年12月10日 星期一
Bill Evans, Waltz for Debby
Bill Evens 是我很喜歡的爵士鋼琴手
"Waltz for Debby" 經典的一張
也是1993年我第一張的Jazz CD
那時Tower的店員
推薦生手的我從Bill Evans的音樂入門
一直到現在 仍是我心中屬一屬二的片子
2007年12月9日 星期日
Tom Waits, Ol'55
Tom Waits 是個我很喜歡的歌手
有許多回憶 朋友說他的歌聲像得了咽喉癌的
我想是煙抽太多
Ol' 55
Well my time went so quickly,
I went lickety-splickly out to my old 55
As I drove away slowly, feeling so holy,
God knows, I was feeling alive.
Now the suns coming up,
I'm riding with lady luck,
Freeway cars and trucks,
Stars beginning to fade,
And I lead the parade
Just a-wishing Id stayed a little longer,
Oh, lord, let me tell you
That the feelings getting stronger.
And its six in the morning,
Gave me no warning;
I had to be on my way.
Well theres trucks all a-passing me,
And the lights are all flashing,
I'm on my way home from your place.
2007年12月6日 星期四
Bear in Japan
2005年夏天和乃儀到北海道
看薰衣草 吃帝王蟹
採櫻桃 坐馬車 洗溫泉
還看到了熊
Kuma的名字是日文 "熊"的意思
當初命名時 叫牠許多名字都沒有反應
小熊 就很活潑
和牠的身形相配
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