Before the first class.

This is a photo of my friends and me in our final year of high school athletics carnival.  We dressed up as cartoon characters.  We all made our own costumes –I am the person who dressed up as Fred Flintstone.  I still remember how I tore apart an orange flat sheet and painted triangles on it with acrylic paint.

This is the building White Temple located in Nantan, Kyoto Japan.  It was designed by architects Takashi Yamaguchi and Associates.  The building is surrounded by a sea of trees in the mountains.  Its rectilinear form contrasts with the organic surroundings and evoke an interesting sense of juxtaposition.  The building challenges the stereotype of conventional temples and delivers a strong sense of contemplation and solitude.

This photo is taken from Shibuya, Tokyo last December.  Although our family visits Tokyo every year, I still find the neon lights and LED display light boxes beautiful and quite amusing.  This is something that we do not see very often in Sydney.  These light boxes do not only provide a directory for pedestrians signaling them where to go; but also give a sense of security for those who are on the streets late at night. 

Destruction of the Father       1974   Louise Bourgeois
Noun: betrayal
Verb: engulf
Adjective: extenuating

Map of China  2004   Ai Weiwei

Noun: terminal

Verb: flee

Adjective: transient

Ear on Arm     2007   Stelarc

Noun: mutation

Verb: force

Adjective: contranatural