view finder

Textures and shapes can play tricks on you in the dark.

[Can you spot the elephants?]

an inked impression

Sometimes, rain creates calligraphy. As abstract, as artistic.

Remnants are more intriguing than the journey.

a musing

Yesterday,

I dreamt of xiao long bao.

Dreaming is more amusing with your eyes open, and associative memories are linked perhaps not just by time and space alone, but can also be realized and rediscovered through textures and shapes.

Desert-ed

[Chew's] Riders on the storm.

(amazing what scenes changes of light can conjure up)

resolutions by way of napkin

So it turns out, everything is just a matter of perspective.

Climb a mountain.

Navigate uncertain waters.

See something bloom or transpire.

View islands from above, not straight on.

Make things sing with feathers.

Under the Christmas sun

Green, red, life, death.

Poinsettias turn red due to a lack of exposure to sunlight.

The average human being will have to eat 500-700 poinsettia leaves to experience dangerous side effects.

Humored by randomness

Viewfinders.

We have all been taught the 'magic' of using a framing device to create compositions or to, ironically, abstract what we observe in art class.

However, this seemingly contrived or stagnant way of seeing the world may have more eye-opening applications when put in a different context.

If we introduce this idea to the familiar surroundings of our own home, we may be surprised by the way we choose to classify our objects, contradicting our assumption that each room serves a specific purpose.

Study: Dining table, notebook, shop pamphlet, markers.

Study #2: Wine bottle, Steiff bear, model car, cigar box.

Study #3: Cayenne pepper, almond butter, green tea, alcohol.

Study #4: Oil painting, wine corks in glass, burlap duck.