Two Shadows

Earth Day. Lights off. Yet, I can't switch off the ones on the street and the one on the sky. I went outside on that night, not because I can't do a thing. I was drawn by the beautiful moon-lit night.

Shadows, 2010 Myth Guy's Capture

Squatting under the streetlamp and the moon, my shadows reached for each other. Yet, they always fade out as the gap was closed. It seemed that anthropogenic and natural stuff just don't co-exist. Really? I stood up. Thinking. And then I saw them converged, right under my feet.

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A Tribute to Sir David Attenborough

 
Sir David Attenborough sat beside the footprints of prehistoric human, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania From The Life of Mammals (2002)

Three and half million years seperate the individual tho left these footprints in the sands of Africa from the one who left them on the moon. A mere blink in the eye of evolution. Using his burgeoning intelligence, this most successful of all mammals has exploited the environment to produce food for an ever-increasing population. In spite of disaster when civilisations has over-reached themselves, that process has continued indeed accelerated, even today. Now mankind is looking for food, not just on this planet but on others. Perhaps the time has come to put that process into reverse. Instead of controlling the environment for the benefit of the population, perhaps it's time we control the population to allow the survival of the environment.

Sir David Attenborough, in The Life of Mammals (2002)

Cheers, Charlie Chaplin

One good thing of Chaplin's "The Circus (1928)" is, you need no subtitle. Haha. Although subtitle is always distracting in films, it is still worth a glance to capture as much essence as possible.

很鸟的一天（二之二）

Dusky Moorhen. Gallinula tenebrosa. 很好看的是，这种水栖鸟类分配地盘的过程。四对四，经过短时间的泼水便结束。

对立，2009浩然仔摄影

然后它们（应该是）在划定的界限两旁平行对立，（应该是）协定完成。

界线，2009浩然仔摄影

界线分配完毕后，就是洗澡时间。我看没有哪个人类是这么爽快的，哈哈。

清洗，2009浩然仔摄影

羽毛就是宝——他们不像我们这样要买衣服就买。

梳理，2009浩然仔摄影

洗澡后，人——噢不，鸟——的脾气都好像比较好了。算这只鸭子好运，会选时间。

容纳，2009浩然仔摄影

很鸟的一天过了。那天的几天后，我乘着大铁鸟回家。

Kubrick's 2001, My If-and-Then

If you think you're capable (or interested) of watching very calm and quiet movie, then try Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

If you started to watch and think Kubrick's a stupid director in the half way, then visit this website to see how stupid you are. Because you just don't understand what is the philosophy behind, like me. I tried to interpret the director's ideas behind the scene, but it was fruitless, until I was explained.

Again, my recommendation. Spend 141 minutes to watch, get a lifetime's knowledge.

插曲 - 学生的纸

在文件夹里呆了很久的一张纸。双页有着补习中心学生的字迹，也有着自己的字迹。忘了自己当时教着什么，不过不希望学生的思路像纸上的字那样零零碎碎。

纸之一 纸之二

看着这张纸，好像看着小学生的脑袋内部一样。哈哈，让时间和教育工作者慢慢联系孩子们的思路吧。

很鸟的一天 （二之一）

那天是上次回国的前几天，心血来潮到大学湖边走走看看。那天是很鸟的一天，因为那些鸟儿们让我觉得自己的相机不够厉害。

鸭子，2009浩然仔摄影

意外地，鸭子们竟然走近来吃草。我被围住了，尽管坐着拍照。当下觉得，这得的人是不是感化了鸭子？防人之心不可无，在这里好像不是很管用。

湖畔，2009浩然仔摄影

羽毛，2009浩然仔摄影 晾干，2009浩然仔摄影 驱赶，2009浩然仔摄影

就连这么“鸟性”的一幕我也拍不好，哈哈。后面的Moorhen正在驱赶闯入地盘的Ibis。哎呀，我看存着的钱还是先花在镜头上吧。

用到尽

当拥有的物质减少了，人很自然地会榨取资源——连渣都要。

书架，2010浩然仔摄影

上次没有带鞋油，还会想到用蕉皮擦鞋。这次，纸皮箱变成书架子。因此，人类是不是到了绝路才会开始珍惜地球上的资源？