Recalling iza's little question - why we can always see the sky but... (posted on 2008.07.22), reminds me another incidence.
About 3 weeks ago, iza asked me,
"Why further away the things, the smaller they are?
See! Kow mo (Auntie Bianca) is smaller than miu miu (Miko) now.”
In front of me, there was immediately a perspective grid.
Maybe this is an innate response of interior / space designer.
Next come into my mind was a film - the Draughtsman’s Contract - directed by Peter Greenaway, soundtrack by Michael Nyman (one of my favorite composer).
Because of this film, we named our design studio DRAUGHTZMAN…
Wondering inside me was not why, but how.
It’s nice to have my sister Joanna responded to iza in time.
"So we can differentiate distances between things,” Joanna said.
It seems iza is very interested in visual perception of things.
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Long before iza was born, I had a little fantasy.
And, I shared this with iza recently.
I was fascinated by Ana ( a little girl in The Spirit of the Beehive directed by Victor Erice in 1973 ) that I wished if I had a little girl, she would have Ana's intrinsic characters.
In the story, Ana was sensitive and full of fanciful imagination.
I'm blessed, we are always amazed by Iza's imaginative thoughts and "provocative insights".
I hope I can find the DVD of this beautiful film and share the film with iza.
Hope she would like it.
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This is Iza's favorite film and soundtrack - Les Choristes directed by Christophe Barratier.
Not only she likes to view the video again and again and again and again,
she wants me to tell her what happened to Morhange & Pepinot (characters in the film) as bedtime stories...
Hope to share more about films and music...
It was papa's birthday.Children have fun with balloons and paintings on hands...
A bus and the passengers.
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Breakfast
Went to a new office tower in Hong Kong last week.It's still under construction.Below is the typical lift lobby, there seems to be no lifts doors!.The whole lobby is covered by frosted glass.Lifts doors are concealed.When lift arrives, blue light glows.Then you will notice the location of the dedicated lift (to pick you up).The glass doors slide open automatically.Lift reveals.Iza was very curious on the magic lift doors!
The shield was amazing.Before she wore it, I couldn't tell what it was.And, she chose 2 beautiful colors.
The next day when I picked up iza after school, iza asked,"Have you seen Mr. Mantis again?" "No." I replied."Have you met Mr. Panda?""No." I had no idea on what she's talking about.Before I went to bed that night, I suddenly realized.Iza was associating Mr. Mantis to "Kung Fu Panda"-an animation by Dreamworks.I told iza there was a severe traffic jam in my internal network,I got her joke hours after.Iza laughted, and said, "Yes! It's OK."
We met "Mr. Mantis" outside iza's school yesterday."How do you know it is a 'he', not 'she'? " asked iza."I don't know. The words just come out of my mouth." I confessed."There is one kind of animal which is easy to identify whether it is a "he"or a "she".
It's human being!" iza explained enthusiastically."Oh yes! We're lucky. Otherwise, mama might easily get wrong and marry to a "she"........"It's always fun to joke with iza.
"Mama,
On the first floor, you can see the sky.
On the second floor, you can see the sky.
On the third, forth and fifth floor, you can also see the sky.
Why can't we see the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and the 5th floor?" iza asked.I don't understand.She continues to explain."Like in cars under the ground, we can still see the sky but not the ground above."
"Ummmm...." I don't know how to respond."I can explain one more time.
The first floor is carrying the 2nd, 3rd...and so on floors.
From each floor, we can see the sky.
However, when we are on the first floor, we cannot see the floors above.
And, when we are going through a tunnel, we never see the ground (sea) above.
But when we get out the tunnel, we can see the sky.
How is it like that??" iza tries to explain in details.Eventually, I understand her question :)However, I'm more interested in what's inside her head.
Love the works by Hella Jongerius.www.jongeriuslab.com
Having breakfast
Some books to share:-
When the opposites happen to us, what can we do?See what Nate does...
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We all need it --- vegetable glue.Otherwise we will fall apart!
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The little girl is looking for friends...
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We made iza to collect clips she dropped onto the floor by using 2 magnets.She did it happily.And, she found this (as below) amazing.But, I found that she tends to be very minimalistic.She excluded all the others and only left a piece of clip and 2 magnets.This tendency reveals in her other works too.
