Giving trees

by Shel Silverstein

CHOIXOOANG

CHOI XOOANG focused on the society that normal people live in. The more structured and modernised the soceity becomes, the system, in order to manage people efficiently, standardize, materialise and structurise them. In other words, most people are compelled to adapt to this world and without knowing any reason, they are unconsiously controlled as if they are in 'Vegetative State'

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In the Spirit of Diaghilev

Few weeks ago, I went to Saddler's well to watch 'In the spirit of diaghilev'. Sergei Diaghilev was a founder and director of Ballets Russes which became the sensation in the western art culture. Their unique productions into which combined contemporary art,visual art, music and dances, hugely influecned 20th centruy's arts. Their collaboration with contemporary dancers, artists, composers which includes Najinski, Bakst,Picasso, Stravinsky, Rimsky-Korsakov was simply outstanding.
Diaghilev was not artistically or musically talented person. However, his passion and love for arts and music and his ability to gather many of the great personalities into one company enabled Ballets Russes to be successful worldwidly.

What can I say about the modern challenge to revive the spirit of Ballets Russes. They were simply amazing in my view. Having never seen the actual Ballets Russes performance, I had to satisfy with the modern version.Still, they were perfect in my statndard. All four performances,Dyad, Afterlight, Faun and Surprise me were breathtaking and out of all, my personal favourite was Faun:

"Performed against the backdrop of a sylvan wood, this fluid, delicate duet portrays an encounter between creatures who are human and feral, mythological and alive. In their artless, vulnerable discovery of each other"-Judith Mackerell

Henri Poincare

I am going to study mathematics in university. I do not have a special talent or deep interests in this subject. However, the reason I want to take maths as my course is because maths is the fundamental language out of all human logics, philosophy and sciences. there is no doubt many great philosophers were mathematicians as well; Platon, Aristoteles, Leoranrdo Da Vinci, Descartes, Bertland Russell and the list wont end. My own belif of my existence is that I am here to learn and to think. I do not want to induce what i believe to be truth to others because it is their own mission to discover them. Further on, I want to enjoy the world I am living in, no matter what I see is illusion or fake, I will still enjoy as it is.

Science is beautiful. It is as beautiful as arts or ballet. I personally like what Poincare said:

"The scientist does not study nature because it is useful, he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful. If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living."

Many overlook science as boring and dried which lacks beauty. Some artists often argue science is incomparable to arts in terms of creatiity. However, both have their complex roots in human curiosity, imagination, a sense of beauty, memory and a capacity to dream.

I have not read the famous 'Two Culture' by C.P Snow but this is the must read for me when my enlgish gets better

SAMARKAND

SAMARKAND was a central point on the silk road between the east and the west, largely influenced by both Islam and China cultures. As it happened, the city was conquered by several different dynasties: Alexander the great, Arabs, Genghis Khan, Turkish and Russians. Despite the sad history, the outcome was invaluable architectures in which Islamic style structure is merged with cobalt patterns and I found these structures marvellous and extraordinary.

My impression of most Islamic temples were more of deserts and schorching sun, where plants and trees are dried up and animals are hidden, like desolated palaces. However, sapphire coloured dome and patterns make the place so lively and fresh. It is a true oasis for deary merchants, travelled long way from the Mediterranean to the Pacific in a hope to exchange and share beauty of each other.

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