Islander

Taiwanese/ 23 / Photographer / Illustrator

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#thefieldmuseum #chicago #elephant #illinois #naturalhistory (at The Field Museum)

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Space Gabi on 5th Ave 第五大道上的藝術咖啡館👀 很有特色的空間還有會ㄧ直用soundhound 搜尋搜尋正在播放音樂的咖啡店 Latte好喝👍 #spacegabi #NYC #newyorkcity #5thavenue #newyorkcafe #artgallery #30thstreet #cafe #latte (at Space Gabi)

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紐約是個什麼人都有什麼都有可能的城市👀🙈🇺🇸好多驚喜 #NYC #newyork #newyorkcity #newyorksubway #band #streetband #alive #possibility #saxphone #drum #streetart #trumpet #livemusic #unionsquare #14thstreet (at New York Subway)

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The High Line Park 高樓大廈間的高架橋公園/ 每次看颱風都覺得台灣辛苦了 比起世界上其他氣候溫和沒什麼天災的某些地方 真的是受了很多苦難的土地😭 台灣加油🙈 #NYC #newyork #highlinepark #thehighline #chelsea (at The High Line)

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#themetropolitanmuseumofart #metropolitan #metmuseum #NYC #newyork (at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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#littleitaly #NYC #newyork (at Little Italy in NYC)

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弟弟小時候真的好可愛喔😂 好像老人在走路 #brother #childhood #memory #olddays #family

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退休了的桃園火車站 舊的車站上車五秒鐘 新的車站上車五分鐘😭 充滿高中和大學回憶的地方 站在泛黃的水泥月台邊 看著頭上斑駁的鐵皮屋頂 搖搖欲墜 總探頭瞻望著在遠方凝聚成ㄧ點的鐵路 等待北上的列車

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@yingchun_lu 映君🏠根本可愛動物區～ 👀❤️😂

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巧遇好久不見的馬來貘！ #松菸 #馬來貘

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好久沒摸喔 唱歌給媽媽聽 真懷念看youtube亂彈亂唱 看到手指長繭就很開心的日子

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好久沒摸喔 唱歌給媽媽聽 好懷念看youtube亂彈亂唱手指抽筋的時光

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at Walk Walk Cafe

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Also Like Life- Films of Hou Hsiou-hsien

A time to live and a time to die

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Also Like Life- The films of Hou Hsiou-hsien

Went to Cinematheque to watch Taiwanese director- Hou Hsiao-hsien's film last night. The film I saw was- A Time to Live and A Time to Die, which was filmed as a autobiography of Hou. As an exchange student from Taiwan, It was a surprise to see Taiwanese films in such a foreign country. 

The film was launched in 1985, an old time back then. The film was in a special period of Taiwanese history, when the Chinese National Party was defeated by Communist Part of China during the Chinese Civil War. A lot of people were moving to Taiwan accompanying the vanquished troops fleeting to the Island. Hou was born in that time. Through the movie, we could see how those small characters, those who live in that rural area of Taiwan, had their lives, values, and childhoods interwoven and influenced so intimately and uniquelly in such historically unique period. The language,the scenes, the atmosphere, the people, the color of lives were smoothly connected and collided to depict the common memories shared by the people in that era. 

Also, as the title of the film, the film showed how death can be viewed as an important issues in one's growth. Hou faced death of his beloved family members 3 times over his childhood. Every time one died, it seemed that the reality, the serious life experience, the bitterness of lose was forcing him to grow mature. We could see the different reaction when he realized the death of his  beloved. Each death of his beloved indicated the next stage of life, which he was obliged to move on, to live. That was his childhood, his growth. 

I have seen several works of Hou's in my home country. ("Three times", 風櫃來的人,etc) I love the atmosphere composed by those tranquil shots, especially in those pieces about the old times. It was so tender and full of details that it seemed to seal all that particular memories and atmosphere of that particular time, which was incredible. It definitely worth recommendation. :) 

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My Pencil Box/2015

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Homesick

One month ago, when I decided to come to Vancouver exchange, I thought I would not miss home so much. But It seems that the exchange experience makes me love my country more. Miss Taiwan.