Monday, 24 June 2013

Repeat, Continue and Forever


I wonder why our life was keep recycle from time to time ,since we are born ,we keep crying, after that we keep learning, keep running. During school , we wake up at certain time, take the same bus, across the place, meet with same person, read same book, heard same conversation, when we back home , we repeat the whole steps again .During I got a job, the circumstance maintain and endless. I was bored about all this things.

Someone said this is life, we couldn't change anything or break it and exceptionable. I was been in this rat race , felt like locked into cage , no freedom. I consider this situation as danger , ravaging some parts of us. I doubted why people don't care about it or they just keep it in secret or they intentionally don't think much about it. It become a hidden sting , inkblot in our living cycle.
If we can't get the solution, then we just forget it.

Someone don't agree with it, the life still got the interesting part ,we just need to add the color into the grey scale. Then this is the solution.

In other perspective ,perhaps something is necessary, essential especially money issue, personal perception  make everything boring.

 Why follow like sheep? without it we died? without it no fun? When someone look at the money, he turn into "money", go where the cash flow go ,behave like the arbitrary line in screen in share market, then he ruin his life because he think and admit that he is "money".
        Sometimes the truth was no as we think. 

Will anyone think that what he believe is wrong? and escape from the infinite loop.


Sunday, 16 June 2013

How if someone pointed gun at your head
















" Every movie which used war or politic or love issue as theme must be contain this kind of scene,one man pointed the gun toward another man, after a while, the man ,holding gun, stop pulling his trigger , and leave the other alone."
This situation is quite weird , grotesque , because if we think logically ,the output is null ,then what he act before the result will be wasted or said to be meaningless .Why didn't the scene just show a man leaving alone instead of adding unnecessary point or contain? Bad question .If we think deeply ,all of the act and move must be bring some message to us .Any hidden meaning?
The actor A suppose to kill B, but when at the moment of pulling the trigger, A stop, B safe.
This world is realistic ,if one doesn't pull the trigger ,then other will kill him without mercy ,This is truth .I think that A can't make his decision well , and so his regret to his thought ,and stop doing about it.Finally ,he found that what he did is wrong except there was reason to explain what he did is right  .The point is at the moment of pulling the trigger, what A is thinking about.The 30 reasons include :
  •   must be crazy.And don't even know what he was doing.
  •  hate what B had done.
  • accidentally get the gun, and don't know what is going on.
  • just a joke
  • experiment in research about human reaction and adaptation 
  • forget to fill in bullet
  • get a call and take a call
  • someone call him at the back, urgent matter.
  • film director shouted "cut"
  • B was no the target, wrong person
  • B can't hurt by bullet, may be B was invulnerable .a alien ,a monster, a zombie.
  •  lost confidence, think that the shot might be miss..
  • sudden heart attack .go to take some medicine or go to hospital
  • something bad is happened or will be happened,a natural disaster or a monster appear
  • fall in love with B
  • fear of blood
  • the gun held is toy gun.need change the gun
  • B said something ,make a deal with A or  clarify and told the truth
  • sympathy,B was receive his punishment may like broke his leg ,or family member died ,or B will died soon
  • There was another gun aim at him
  • B look like A
  • B just a illusion
  • no wear spectacle or contact Len
  • afraid of legal sanctions,or police are nearby or they are in police department
  • The world only have A and B ,if B died ,A will forever alone
  • Only B can safe the world
  • got someone beside B,and A don't want to take risk .
  • B control A mind.
  • B will explode if shot him.the big explosion may cause a lot of death,or some chemical material that can cause explosion was around him.
  • too early to kill B, still have few turns of game will play with B
After listed out the 30 variable of reason why A refused to kill B, the conclusion will be if applying either one condition above into a film with shooting element , it will be looked interesting , and there was always have an idea about this scene according to reference above.


Sunday, 9 June 2013

FERN

Ferns  first appear in the fossil record 360 million years ago in the Carboniferous but many of the current families and species did not appear until roughly 145 million years ago in the early Cretaceous (after flowering plants came to dominate many environments).

Ferns are not of major economic importance, but some are grown or gathered for food, as ornamental plants, for re-mediating contaminated soils, and have been the subject of research for their ability to remove some chemical pollutants from the air. Some are significant weeds. They also play a role in mythology, medicine, and art. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>www.wikipedia.com

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT1nqxxTzZhBiDf9XO7ivCBBXZeM49cLUaVjgp0V82uU8cMrbVJ6Q
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/diemj011/architecture/2007/05/


Fern was grew everywhere and surrounding our routine .Why can not use it as a inspiration ? It form was always attracted when I have a glance to it which grew along the drain.It had a repetition shape that continuous repeatedly formed from big to smaller part and gradually ended with a line.It was looked so artistic and brought us a feeling of harmony and calm due to its balance symmetry shape.In fact,the green color also make us felt natural and relax.It like a symbol,symbol of green plant and green life.






I related the fern in the bakery field, using the fern leaf as the decoration of a cake .The fern illustrate a tree on the cake ,making the cake look more interesting.


I also imagine the fern combine with the street lamp along the straight road,changing the bored road into fresh and romantic scene .
A fern like button used in the sewing and cloth making field.Can be a new style of fashion in this season.
This is the scrupture that bring the message of saving the earth .The model 's wing is made by the fern leaf .one wing was look green but another one is no.The message is warning us to start caring about our earth.
I too use the fern leaf to insert in a dish of sushi ,suprise the customer with this special combination.
Some of the wall decoration that made with the fern leaf.
The illustration artwork was inspired by fern .The artwork indicate that the effect of construction of human,will bring the bad side to themselves.
some kind of 3D modeling or scrupture made by fern leaf.
The fern leaf inspire me in jewellery and watch  field .


A ceiling lamp wrap by fern leaf ,look like a giant green ball and reflect the green light to surrounding.


 basic sketching about fern.

Monday, 3 June 2013

Dauntless Little John

  I had read a absorbing book that give me deep impact,but I forgot its name .I still remember that one of the chapter had written about a story taken from a book, Italian Folktales  by well known Italian writer called Italo Calvino.The tittle of the story is "Dauntless Little John". Its story line is like that,

"Once upon a time ,a boy called John .He was brave and everything that people afraid of was just a piece of cake for him , he was afraid of nothing. Traveling about the world. One day ,He was given a chance to get a pot of gold piece and become wealthy .But at last, he was died ,frighten by his own shadow ,and died due to heart attack ( I believe)."

I surprised with his ending and I think this part of story would be inspire everyone and no only me.
  
Why he fright about his shadow?
If we consider this circumference in objective perspective, sometime we could surprise about our change of act when we find it out ourselves .As example, when one become greedy and selfish , he don't even think that he was a problem but blame other about it. And he need someone to tell him the truth or warn him or remind him.Then he will finally realize that what he done is wrong, his shadow is "horrible". We believe what we had seen even the shadow is fake or imagine by ourselves , and this is the problem. No wonder we make  the decision too fast ,we don't give us enough time to consider about it.

why bravery could bring someone to hell? Sometimes brave could blind our eye ,then make us can't sense about the risk or danger in front of us. Brave turn into ego. And it ravage us gradually. 

The pot of gold is opportunity ,and we have to pay for it if we decide to receive it.This is why he died at the end even he get the great wealthy ,He doesn't care about the term and criteria ,therefore he fall down. Lack of consideration always was being our weakness nowadays ,and I will aware of this hidden trap around us .

Shadow like mirror..
Shadow always followed us.The shadow is the symbol of science, knowledge, if we don't even understand about it, we will fail or mistaken about the thing we see, and believe to religious statement. This is why John afraid to his shadow till died ,I expect John don't know about what is shadow ,and he think that he is facing a ghost or creature.So, general knowledge is essential to us so we can avoid from unwanted danger .




Saturday, 1 June 2013

UTAR



refer to www.utar.edu.my


I was starting my study University Tunku Abdul Rahman on 27 May.There was one thing that used to draw my attention ,the UTAR logo.Actually ,I was no very satisfied with its design and I thought there were still had some space to improve. May be it was my personally perception or due to unreliable artist sense.

I was doubted whether I was wrong because there was always have a reason why something was existing .First ,I was not very understand about the meaning of symbolic form in UTAR logo.Why it looked like that? What does the shape or sign actually imply to?I could imagine that what majority people observed from it is "UTAR",four alphabets which stand  for the institution and then nothing anymore , I asked the same question to my friends and their answers were expected.After that,I google searched about it without delay. And this is the meaning of emblem .
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  • Blue, yellow and red, being the national colour reflect the Malaysian identity of the institution.
  • The letter 'A' in auspicious red gives it prominence, suggesting distinction and excellence in the education provided by UTAR. Red also signals success, prosperity and protection from negative forces.
  • The swing of the bold stroke signifies a 'yes', a mark of enthusiastic approval and the right choice.
  • The cascade of six lines symbolise the comprehensive courses and wholesome components of education, namely:
    • Virtue and Morality
    • Knowledge and Intellect
    • Physical and Mental Health
    • Sociability and Humanitarianism
    • Aesthetics and Harmony
    • Creativity and Innovation


  • The seventh line, the tail of the backbone stroke, represents an integrated, holistic and balanced approach in the pursuit of learning, teaching and research. Together, the holistic and the academic strength will propel UTAR into a future filled with great promise and unlimited opportunities. 
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refer to  http://www.utar.edu.my/contentPage1.jsp?catid=1&contentid=201

 My question is how does it inspire me?I would set a target ,so it will no drop into a infinitive loop.How does the UTAR logo inspire me in designing a UTAR Art Society 
logo ?Is it a bad idea? "At least give a try.or consider as a practise .",I answered.


I try to modify the structure of design based on my intuition  and nature imagination.The long seventh line of the stroke was act as a main part of the logo design as it form the structure of "A",so the rest of six is free to adjust it flow ,shape and location, I do not consider the factor of color management in this design because the color is remained and the number of color is fixed so the variable of the color in design can be calculated ,using the mathematical method ,factorial of 4 ,while there was 4 sector in design , it will be 4 x 4!=96,if expressed more criterion ,the variable will reduce and the result will be obvious.On the one hand ,I will focus  in the form of the logo design because it is more varies .


I will trying to list the every possible change of forms then chose the most optimum one among of them.And this was my method used in my design process .



 " Trial- and -error design is an admirable method.But it is just real world trial and error which we are trying to replace by a symbolic method , because real trial and error is too expensive and too slow." 

--------taken from "Notes on the synthesis of form" by Christopher Alexander




 Although the method I used was imperfect but so far this is the only way I found .I tried to believe my sense in this process as a guideline so that the design was fit to its demand.


one of the logo design
The "A" of the UTAR logo represented the main goal of the university, so I will use it as the resource of my design process .I create the new logo with the characteristic of it.Some of it will be subtracted and some of it will be added .The whole process was thoroughly refereed to our living experience ,what we had seen , heard before.The results was what we think and what we will get.



 It just like Calligraphy that created by Chinese culture .It is formed from the oracle since thousand 
years ago.I regarded it as a part of  the development of the communicative language in a community that explained how a word formed .The concept of how it formed also relevant to any field of design in this century which indicated the self conscious mindset .




It was no only,the language in Chinese community was being modified since long time ago,too include the language in other religion like Islam ,Indian and the list go on.







This picture showed a chinese word which brought out the meaning of water .We could observe that the word was changing from complex to simple form,from realistic to abstract,and in my opinion,"simple and nice "is my answer.
refer to http://q.sohu.com/forum/20/topic/6076684?pg=4

This is one of the design methods used in design process.