VEIL

I went to Horseshoe Cover, northern side of golden gate bridge. It is our final site for studio. It is such a beautiful place and the city is right across the ocean. It was sunny, windy and foggy. Thick fog covers the entire city and you can't even see any building outlines. Huge ship drives by with loud alarm. You can barely see the color and the details of it. The only think you can see is the large dark shadow moving through the fog, it looks like a ghost ship from the pirates of Caribbean.

I quite like the moment when everything seems to blend into each other. There is no clarity at all, which is the beauty of it.

Regain

A group of students in out studio went to LA for the ASLA Conference this weekend. Most of us came back on Sunday, but I wanna stay for the party so I came home last night.
My friend and I drove back yesterday, we took 101 instead of 5 so we could see the ocean. The views were so beautiful as the transitions form urban grids to hills, the shining ocean the golden grasses and stars and lights at night.
On the way back we stopped by Santa Monica to visit a friend and later we stopped at Madonna Inn for dinner. It was quite a long trip, but it was a good chance to catch up with my friend. We have been so busy this semester and never had a chance to sit down and talk about our life. Road trip gives us these precious moments to think and talk. We talked about people that we met at the conference, we discussed our future plans, we gave suggestions to each other. We enjoy this eight-hour road trip that bring us home. As we talk, time flies, landscape changes and we are home again.


(I am still working on my pieces, but I think it will be nice to write about it first...Painting will come tonight:)

FREE

Not sure whether this painting fits well for this week's word - FREE. It could have lots of explanation behind the word. I try to raise the question, like what does "free" represent or can something be free?  I guess I am trying to interpret the word in my mind, and I think last week drawing might also fit in this word.

I did the painting when I don't think about too much. I don't really know what could be or how it will look like but just let the brush move back and forth. But I feel delight inside and I like the set.

Save

I don't really know how I feel about this painting, every time when I look at it, I feel that there some power in it. There are some subtle feelings in there, no striking form or colors but some passion.

He used to play piano for almost fifteen years but stop after coming to Berkeley. It has been a while for him to play again. Once he enters the piano room, he doesn't wanna leave. I am sure he miss it. The art that is built in your soul can't be taken by any others. Interestingly, after he saw the painting this weekend, he ended up having a dream, dated back to ten years ago when he was in a school band with a bunch of friends, playing piano.

MEET

It is from the old memory that dated back almost 20 years ago. Here is the park that I always go with my parents during weekend. It is a pretty big park that has zoo, kids' playground, hiking trails, BBQ, and the city main reservoirs. Every fall, the park has an exhibition of chrysanthemum, where you can see different variety.  The photo was taken during one of the chrysanthemum exhibitions. All my best memories were in this park, especially the children's playground.  Even the color already faded out, I can still see all the happiness in there. However, the children's playground is going to be redevelop into a commercial area due to the fact that it might bring more money to the park. I don't think I will have a chance to visit before all the construction happen, but I do miss it.