When I was a kid I used to play with LEGO. I loved this toy so much and I played with it all day long, every day, for hours. My big brother had a series of spaceship LEGO and mine was a series of town buildings and knight's castle. We shared them all the time but I remember my favorite was to build a normal house and structure a street. There was something really exciting in creating a space, interior, garden, robust wall, stairs and window. I remember when I was playing with LEGO and creating my architecture, everything was totally left behind, except the sound of radio or music I was listening to with playing. These time was definitely one of the happiest moments in my memory and I am now wondering how I could possibly reproduce the moment in my current age and interest and the way of using my time. I suppose it will be possible.
There are so many great stories and novels all around the world. I have my own favorite books. I like to read them again and again to the extent I get to memorize the dialogue and storyline. Still I keep reading them to purely enjoy the storytelling. What makes me keep reading the same book? It's partly because simply I like text itself, but surely it owes much to the charm of an unique world of the story built by imagination and described entirely by words.
Sometimes I wonder if there is a "counter writer" to my favorite stories, which is, an author who descries the same story from the perspective of the major counter-part, co-star in the story. For example it's like "Pride and Prejudice" written from the perspective of Mr. Darcy. Even if it does exist, well-written in true Jane Austen's style and wit, it would never surpass the original, but I would very much like to read the story and can even imagine the work. Such imagination is possible because the story is great. A masterpiece is such an immortal.
Spending two months with experiencing series of injury and its recovery, I think it was the time to learn about my body. And the learning never stops and I hope I can be wiser enough to use my body in the best way, in the better way than ever. I practice dancing, Tai-Chi, and kickboxing, these action teach me that body will slowly learn and after continuing practice and effort, eventually it will start to move as I wish.
But body is a very delicate equipment that is structured with high precision. It's not easy to get rid of unwise practice and replace them with good one. Still it's worth challenging.
For example I need to keep:
- my ribs stretching and keeping the distance between pelvis
- my ankles smooth and flexible
- my head sitting right over the spine
- my scapula movable
- my toes standing firmly on the ground
- my shoulders relaxed
It is not going to be easy to stay in the ideal posture. But at least I know how to do.
I am lucky to have friends who share my passion and interest for architecture and design. It's great to have fun with these friends when we visit architecture exhibitions. They might have professional view, comment and knowledge that I don't have, but I have words to share with them to express my impression and wonder when I face great design and architecture. I feel extremely happy to describe my amateur opinion, because that is the view they don't have and is likely to amuse them. My simple impression might be out of the professional context, which I assume, can possibly serve them as a catalyst to sometimes find unexpected side of the fact that they have been familiar with. I, on the other hand, gain significant benefit from the experience to listen to their professional words that helps me to understand professional perspective.
I like looking up the sky and seeing stars, moon and sun. People sometimes asks me if I like to be at seaside or in the mountain. Both are great, surely, but honestly I like to be in the sky the most. I'm happy looking at the sky and space. I feel like I am attracted by, literally, their gravity. Earth, moon, sun and every singly stars we know have its own gravity. So I wonder if human has its own small gravity each other, even though it's in much more minimum scale, could this thought be possible?
"Less is more", what an insightful saying. It's clear that the words especially fit to me since this is the third time I write about this here. This blog is apparently not my diary, and more and more I get inclined to themes that naturally, instantly come up to my mind. It seems "Less Is More" theme can easily and repeatedly catch my mind, though I don't think I am a minimalist. I like this idea because it's true. Recently I've been trying to make my place a bit clearer. I got rid of some pictures and photos from the wall. All of a sudden I understand that I feel better looking at the blank wall. The new platform for imagination and cleansing of mind and brain emerged instead of pictures, photos and colors.
I seldom talk about my business here but here's to show some of my thoughts in work. I have clients and receive emails and calls every day. I try to get back to these inquiries or requirements as shortly as possible. It doesn't mean I am good at finishing my work fast. Sometimes it's not even a finish but a start of the conversation. But in any case I try to give my answer / feedback / deliverable little by little, and try not to hold my response even though I cannot provide right answer at once. What matters I think is the speed of communication. It's simply good to deal with issues while the recognition is fresh and clear. Dealing things while it's fresh, clear and small, is likely to easy. It's like always making tools and counters keep clean, organizing food, and clearing the kitchen while cooking.
