“I am circling around God, around the ancient tower, and I have been circling for a thousand years, and I still don’t know if I am a falcon, or a storm, or a great song.”

I did not realize up till now how beautiful it is not to know if I am a falcon, or a storm or a great song.

This year, to sit still, with all the moments of heartbreaks and triumphs across the years and be at peace with them all, seems to be as good as celebration ever gets.

A toast to Life.

I have always loved the Chinese phrase “天天” which means daily or day after day.

For me, creativity is not rocket science. It has more to do with the ability to keep plugging at something day in and day out, even when the end of the tunnel is nowhere in sight.

Lo and behold, I found a blog that documents the daily routines of great artists and writers.

http://dailyroutines.typepad.com/

My favorite entry? The one on Roald Dahl :

“Settled into a writing career, he lived on a farm where he raised livestock and bred greyhounds. His routine was to write from 10 A.M. until noon, spend the afternoon tending his animals and return to his writing again from 4 to 6 P.M.

His writing was far from effortless. He commonly spent six months working on a single short story.”

There must be something about the zen of tending his animals every afternoon that has put fire into Roald Dahl’s creativity.  What a beguiling anecdote about one of the great writers of our time.

日期：2009年6月26日周五下午2点

地点：北京市西城区华远街13号置地星座A座首层(西单君太百货西侧)

以下是我星期五讲座的重点：

如何制作

• 创意是无本生意：如何构思一部影片的拍摄
• 时空的画布：如何拉出故事线。
• 人物原型： 如何挖掘可以传播全球的故事

怎样传播：

• 从一部影片的两款海报谈起：传播与视角
• 我能被搜到故我存在：网络传播的逻辑
• 社交网站与传播电力转发论

结语

• 小成本如何立大功
• 如何做个独立但不孤立的DV导演

Six Words to Live By on the Internet:
Global, Social, Open, Mobile, Playful, Intelligent
And number seven would be Instantaneous

I especially like the word ‘playful.’

I like to think of the web as virtual sandbox for play, invention and innovation.

I am not a big fan of internet shows but here is one that is brilliantly executed : Black Cab Sessions.

The idea is simple: film unplugged sessions with bands by taking them on a London cab ride.

The result: a breathtaking sense of intimacy as you listen in as the musicians do their thing while they cruise the streets of London.

Black Cab Sessions: Martha Wainwright

Now it is time to get back to some blogging.  BTW you can watch the film online.  You are more than welcome to steal this movie.

A big thank you to my friend, Zhou Hou Heng (周侯衡） , for helping me edit and package the trailer.

Watch the trailer here:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAvrVr_P1Bk&hl=en]

My documentary about the Beijing Olympics, Boomtown Beijing, will be screening at in the Singapore Panorama section on Wed April 9th at 9:15pm and Sat April 12th at 2pm. Tickets can be purchased here.

Boomtown Beijing is only one of more than a dozen films in the Singapore Panorama showcase this year, which includes a broad range of works made by Singapore filmmakers..

Please support SIFF, one of the oldest film festivals in Asia and arguably, also one of the most rigorously curated.

He is best known for his quirky Living World Series and the monumental Tai Chi Series.

In the process of filming the documentary, I fell in love with the wonderful space that is the Ju Ming museum, an open air sculpture park dedicated to the exhibition of Ju’s works.

Hence, I am a little ticked but nonetheless very delighted to see that the museum has launched a new product.

I call it Taichi series 2.0 — cookies cast in the shape of the famous sculptures.

It is thus with great satisfaction that I can finally lay claim to having an entry on “Chinese food” on my blog, right along my musings about ‘Chinese documentary film’, ‘China’s urban life’, ‘Chinese internet.’