Dear all,
今個禮拜啲假期亂咁放,加上出新歌,搞到我個work schedule都亂亂地。
然後唔知做乜又鬼上身揀咗個假期中嘅星期五去咗尖沙嘴香港藝術館(HKMOA)睇展覽。
喺香港睇展最mung係成日有啲(mainly大陸)遊客(拿不止大媽阿叔,啲「靚」姐姐、「有型」哥仔s都係咁)攝嚟攝去,攝去你正前方打卡不特止,而家仲發展到要叫你讓開,自己同幅畫影selfie。無錯,係selfie。咩玩法?HKMOA仲要費用全免,可想而知呢個情況更地獄。
我真係好少喺度rant,但試過幾次都係咁,好吐血。
真係覺得未做好呢方面嘅教育前,香港嘅展覽完全唔適宜免費入場,只會落得全部路人衝曬入去涼冷氣打卡影selfie,睇手機多過睇啲作品。真想推廣藝術嘅話就不如正正經經收返入場費,最多平少少,再唔係咪一個禮拜搵一日免費,或者學生長者免費etc囉。
全免費只會令展覽變市集,浪費曬策展人嘅心血,亦令一心想睇展覽嘅人無法享受個experience。
話說回來,有機會大家都應該去吓,《吳冠中──黑‧白‧灰》呢個展好睇,有時間嘅話我都想靜靜地睇多次。建議試試星期二三晨咁早就撲去希望會人少啲,好彩嘅話祝大家可以靜心欣賞。
1/GooTools - Sailor Fountain Pen
上年喺youtube睇完Tim Ferriss訪問作家Neil Gaiman(specifically係呢個位)後,對鋼筆突然出現一種莫名信仰,覺得為咗自己嘅創作前景,無論如何要立刻即刻買到同一支Pilot Custom 823,我嘅寫作前景先能夠有光明。
經過GMM Member推介,喺史丹利街搵到專賣鋼筆嘅Ink House(而家好似搬咗),花多眼亂,好在我目標明確,就係想買支Pilot。同時另一支細size嘅筆caught my eye,當中有支藍色深色得嚟有點Pastel,超靚,原來係Sailor嘅Professional Gear Slim Midnight Sky(應該係除非唔係)。
筆嘅嘢真係可遇不可求,雖然都唔平,但即買。
呢支Sailor結果變成我每日寫Free Flow Morning pages嘅最佳夥伴。當然筆都要夾紙,用Rollbahn spiral notebooks就最啱,Casual得嚟紙面又順滑又唔會透。支Pilot 823就用嚟寫歌詞同埋一啲比較要認真思考嘅嘢, 佢夾Rhodia Staplebound Notepad最好。
手寫字對於整理思緒極有幫助,好多打kick嘅嘢就係咁樣理順返。再加一支好嘅筆同埋好嘅紙本,就更開心曬。所以我覺得就算一支要二三千蚊,長遠嚟講都係值回票價。
2// Goobook - “How to write an autobiographical novel”
本週睇緊呢本,未睇完,好睇到要即刻share。
可能因為作者Korean-American加80年代嘅LGBT minority加to-be-writer身份,書裡面完描述全係我能relate嘅情懷。當然不止這樣,作者Alexander Chee說故事嘅能力很強,由少年時某Halloween裝扮成drag queen之feeling right講到寫作課遇上嘅老師到初戀Peter Mckellen,即使內容時間點不斷跳嚟跳去,但讀者仍然能被吸引住。
當然個title都係最初吸引我翻開佢嘅原因。
GET : “How to write an autobiographical novel”1
3/// QUOTE
“Growing up is scary and it doesn’t stop when you turn 18 and reach the height that you’re gonna be the rest of your life. Growing up is just a lived experience continuing to wash over you like waves on a beach until you’re worn smooth like beach glass and you die. And, that’s fine.””
- FINNEAS,
“How Billie Eilish and FINNEAS Created “What Was i Made for” (Youtube)
4//// 越南法包
身邊有個食神果然有著數。
二嬸知我回憶中有個Montreal唐人街之越南法包,所以見親法包都叫我去試。通常喺香港食到嘅都係「改良」過,迎合香港人口味,所以基本上我係未試過食到我個童年味。
呢個喺大坑嘅小店,老實講都唔算係我嗰個童年味,不過獨立嚟講,都好好味。
越南法包個法包新鮮好緊要(多數香港餐廳都做唔到),佢做得到。另外鹹甜酸度都平衡得好,我地揀呢個鎮店之包(豬扎肉+豬腩肉)果然很不錯。
可以再嚟食。
其他嘢如Pho同 春捲都yum,推介。
TRY : Pho Saigon(大坑)
5///// BBC Sounds
聽得多Algorithm random推嘅playlist,都想發掘吓其他音樂,聽吓有專業DJ推介嘅節目。呢排發現BBC Sounds呢個免費網,有一啲比較niche嘅音樂節目,例如The Jazz Show with Jamie Cullum、Essential Classics、亦有比較pop嘅推介,例如唔同Music Festivals嘅live set、Throwbacks等等。
再唔係聽吓唔同地區嘅Radio,例如Radio Cymru、Radio nan Gaidheal、Radio Ulster又得啫。
LISTEN:BBC SOUNDS
咪嫌我煩,再推新歌。
未like記得幫手like、未留言記得去留言。
有興趣可以睇返呢篇:《本世紀最怪》創作手記(一)—— 歌詞實驗篇
Be Goo🍄,
Hocc
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