This past season, I came to dress. For once I found a character for my skin and eyes. I don’t know how I didn’t think of it before, but No Face I was a mask strapped to the back of my head. My black hair, black dress; people cried out, chuckled in nostalgic delight. Spirited […]
ONE of them sat down next to me, AGAIN. They are forgetful of where my eyes are, I tried to remind them but they forgot my eyes so couldn’t see my glare. At least stop dropping your pen. Themore you reach across the floor and brushed my legs, the further you get from my regards. […]
My room is painted blue because it’s the sky. It’s my sky, the window and its blue blinds a reality check. Or is it? When I lie on my bed the walls and the window blocking the sky outside blended together. I used post-it note reminders to make clouds, clumps of green, grey, pink or […]
My favorite meal of the day had always been the first one. When us humans wake from the daily hours dedicated to a coma most of us resurrect ourselves with a bite to eat. For me, that bite of resurrection is not too different from the main motivation of the biblical resurrections of love unconditional. […]
I wear so many shoes since I always stand in others’ shoes. Thinking in their places, trying to see from their angles; sometimes, just sometimes, I feel as though I am intruding on others’ room for thoughts. Am I making assumptions? Am I rushing to understand? But in this time and age, I think I […]
There is a few things this 2016 election has in common with a certain dress. They are both white and gold (or at least, it seems so to some people)…if you sit Clinton, Kaine, Trump and Pence in a row in that order and focus only on their hair. They are both controversial They both […]
I find admiration in a moth, whose stupidity in throwing itself into a flame is often mocked and criticized. But, I beg to differ, for I don’t see fire as a symbol for the fiery pits of hell. Besides, I know a moth, and I admire him. He is always allowing his sparks of imagination […]
It was the Winter Solstice a couple of days ago. And, being the Taiwanese I am, I celebrated the longest night of the year with food: while it is a great excuse for late night snacking, eating sticky rice balls with red bean soups is actually a tradition. And, being the philosopher I am, I […]
“I hate your father.” “It makes sense.” “I don’t know, I just feel like, there’s no way that I can possibly communicate with him.” “It’s because you guys have conflicting personalities: he needs someone to rely on and still wants to be the one in power, while the inner you actually doesn’t really give a […]
I used to live in Taipei, a metropolitan bubble. For the decade that I spent there I lived in multiple houses. But, the most memorable one was the most recent. It was a gated apartment complex 12-13 floors off the ground with a fountain and small gardens in its atrium. It sounded so high class, […]
Treachery of Imageries