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“An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.” #greatquotes
“I keep on making what I can’t do yet in order to learn to be able to do it.” - Vincent Van Gogh #greatquotes #VanGogh #grit
“Creativity is intelligence having fun” - Albert Einstein #greatquotes
“The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.” #greatquotes #thereasonforgod
“Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.” - Rabbi Hyman Schachtel #greatquotes
“There is a reason God limits our days... to make each one precious” - The Time Keeper (Mitch Albom) #greatquotes #mitchalbom
“God doesn’t keep a clock.” - Max Lucado #greatquotes #maxlucado
“If you are God, your work is to create out of nothing. If you are not God... your work is to take what God has made and shape it and use it to make him look great.” - John Piper #greatquotes
“Good-bye,” said the fox. “Here is my secret. It’s quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.” - The Little Prince #greatquotes #classicbooks
“A spirit is manifest in the laws of the universe - a spirit vastly superior to that of a man and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble. In this way the pursuit of science leads to a religious feeling of a special sort.” - Albert Einstein
Creative Monday
Originally planned to do some volunteering in the afternoon, but the fai chun making session with the elderly was cancelled due to cold weather. With the freed up time slot, I took a stroll through the Old Master Q exhibition at the mall near my studio. Saw some of the hand drawn comics by the […]
Art Therapy
Went to the funeral of Mr. Kot on Sunday evening with my dad and sister. His daughter gave a speech on Mr. Kot’s life on behalf of the family, I was moved and couldn’t control my tears. My empathy towards others seemed to have grown last year since my uncle passed away, I am now […]
Baking Class
Got my friend to take me to a trial baking class last night. It was my first ever cooking class, a very enjoyable experience. There’s something magical about the process of making bread – mixing the raw ingredients, kneading the dough with your hands, patiently waiting for the yeast to ferment, then anxiously waiting more […]
Day Trip to UW
Took a short day trip to my Alma Mater to meet and catch up with pastor Tim, I could never seem to find a way to treat him for a meal, neither in HK nor in Canada, thx again! Took a short walk around the campus after lunch, brought back many fond memories… I remember […]
Short Okinawa Trip
Joined my sister and brother-in-law on a short 5-day trip to Okinawa last week. The trip did recall memories of my trip to Hawaii 4 years ago, that’s still one of my best trips thus far. I once again got to see the boundless horizon of the ocean, which is becoming somewhat of an annual summer tradition […]
New Daily Routine
In the last couple of weeks, I’ve started a new daily (almost) habit of practicing calligraphy and portraiture drawing using a brush pen. As much as I love doing art, I’m still very skeptical about the idea of becoming a full-time (starving) artist. Since my uncle got really sick earlier this year and later passed […]
(Starving) Artist?
It’s been nearly a year since I had my first calligraphy class. It all started from a calligraphy course ad at my residence’s clubhouse, I only hinted about trying it out and my dad immediately called up his old friend (also my old family doctor) who happened to be a calligraphy master. He called me up […]
New Year’s Resolutions
It’s mid-Feb and I’ve finally found the time to do a little tidying up of my studio’s desktop and then spend some quiet time planning for the new year ahead. Made some new year’s resolutions (wishes), some work related while the rest are more personal. Most of the resolutions are things I’ve been wanting to do for […]
Creative Monday
A rainy day, not good to do any outdoor sketching, instead spent the afternoon finish reading the 5 illustrative books by Jimmy S.P.A. I borrowed from the library awhile ago. The 5 books were of a series named Paradise Lost (失樂園), all published in 2005. The series is consisted of many individual chapters, each illustrating an […]