Out to the desert

Heading out to the desert and try to find dreamers who fall out of the sky. Made 800 miles in 14 hours, but still in the green and swamp.

Made another 400 miles in the second day. Got to the edge of the desert.
A friend said:「從天上丟下來的做夢者」，不就是小王子嗎？
To some extent, they all are.

Finally, after more than 1600 miles total, we get to the desert. Before we find any little prince, we found these cute creature everywhere. Also experienced the first desert storm. It was so windy and sandy, I can hardly open my eye behind sun glasses while everybody tried to tie down their wings.

Quest

I sail mostly in small bay or river on little dinghy or wind surfer through out my life. Come to big sea and ocean, I'm an armchair sailor. I enjoy pages after pages of how crazy sailors trying to break others record by sailing closer and closer to hell (which normally means farther south, iceberg and gale force wind). Just happened to pick up "Maiden voyage" by Tania Aebi, not about any race, but a poorly prepared, inexperienced young girl went around alone, because of her father's challenge. Along the 30 months quest, she found a lot of friends, first love and herself. That was 20 years ago. " What happened to her now?" I asked after I finished the book. Few days later, I read her article in "Cruising world" about she taking her two teenage sons retrace her route. Interesting how life goes around and not necessary about going somewhere in a hurry.

Contemporary Furniture

It's a delight to share Ye's trip album. She's a designer and enjoys going to different shows and fairs. In fact, we met in a ceramic conference when we first came to the states. Humm.... I think I might need a new lamp....

Flying a chopper

A friend's son got to fly for the US Forest Service in the Arctic circle this summer. Proudly shared pictures of the wilderness. I pull out the flight simulator game and crashed dozens of chopper in no time. Maybe, this is another thing I will never learn.

侘寂

看見友人寫到「物哀，幽玄」，自己也想起 Wabi Sabi「侘寂」。同是日本傳統藝術審美觀。

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「侘」，意指困頓，但安於貧窮。字面上是「人」加上「宅」，人找到身心安頓的歸依。
「寂」，意指寂靜，孤獨，但精神上喜悅自足。
侘寂的生活美學，是放棄速度、效率；轉向緩慢、適合人的節奏與步履；
放棄過度依賴物質與科技；轉向手工、簡樸與自然
放棄機器大量製造的一次性消費商品；轉向手作的、投注時間與心力的用品
欣賞天然材質的陶器、木器、鐵器與布疋；遠離合成與塑膠的製品。
生活重心從不確定的未來目標，轉向真實的當下。
順勢簡約，在變化的世界中看見靜止，從而照見自己生命的核心。
生活何其尋常、何其重覆，新意不再。
普魯斯特說：「真正的發現之旅，不在探訪新世界，而在擁有新視野。」
我們眼睛所見，常困於三度空間的實體， 看似不著痕跡的時間，其實常常給人驚喜。
在簡居中享受閑樂, 在貧乏中悠然望天。
在清寂裡, 觸摸到禪意。
一種情境, 讓人們能夠安靜下來, 看見簡單的價值, 與自然和諧共鳴。

花園

亞媽有個好漂亮的花園，因為氣候和土壤跟南方不一樣，種的也不同。其實她也試過勉強種香蕉和大紅花，結果，跟像要改變一個男人一樣，還是把他殺了好過，避免無謂的折磨。：＞

Rocks in the garden

Sometimes, small home project became big project without warning. Steve, I guess you might have missed out one of the most exciting project of the summer.

My little boy friend

We've a few common interests. Like random shooting with our toy camera, riding on a train, playing with mud and water. And both of us had a new hair do recently. Ooo, his name is Jacob.