Kalpna loves Sherlock Holmes. Do you? |
Sunday, 26 December 2021
Saturday, 25 December 2021
Thursday, 23 December 2021
Tuesday, 21 December 2021
What Are You Reading? Day 7, Part 2
Kelvin reads Collected Poems by Philip Larkin |
I have this book too. I must admit I don't understand everything I have read. But what I have read, including what I don't really understand, have an effect on me. This is one of Kelvin's favourite books. (I noticed the shiny leather shoes that Larkin is wearing in the book cover. You probably can't tell from my painting here. And he got one of the most troubled-looking faces.)
What Are You Reading? Day 7, Part 1
Kelvin reads Improvisation by Derek Bailey |
To me, Kelvin is a master of improvised music. I have seen him walk into a recording studio and just played. I am not sure if he needed to read a book on Improvisation.
I bet this book isn't talking about techniques at all, maybe more an attitude towards life. Or maybe more about the history and forms of improvisation in different kinds of music. I will need to read the book myself.
Friday, 17 December 2021
What Are You Reading? Day 6
My father had little education, although he used to work as a shipping clerk when he was younger.
He did not know the English language, but read and wrote simple Chinese.
He lost his speech in the last few years of his life. No one knew why that was so. Maybe it was his dementia.
Anyway, I decided to read him the calendar one day, in Teochew.
After several numbers he suddenly joined in, to everyone's surprise. His favourite numbers were 6 and 9.
He started reading the calendar with us since that day. But he would get tired easily each time we read with him, and could manage maybe 20 numbers the most.
Here is my father, on the wheelchair, after a meal, wearing his cotton gloves which prevented him from tearing his paper-thin skin with his fingernails, reading the calendar. My mother was beside him reading with him, but she is not in my drawing.
Thursday, 16 December 2021
Wednesday, 15 December 2021
Album art
My friend Kelvin has 2 new albums, and a single out. I made the album art for them. His music is available on Spotify. Check them out!
argon (sound collage)
Tuesday, 14 December 2021
Monday, 13 December 2021
Friday, 10 December 2021
Thursday, 9 December 2021
What Are You Reading, Day 4
Tuesday, 7 December 2021
Monday, 6 December 2021
Sunday, 5 December 2021
Saturday, 4 December 2021
What Are You Reading? (Day 3 part 2)
What Are You Reading? (Day 3)
Friday, 3 December 2021
What Are You Reading? ( Day 2)
Thursday, 2 December 2021
what are you reading? (day 1)
Sunday, 21 November 2021
cloud song
a song I wrote in 2015, this version recorded in 2021
I played baritone ukulele, sang and made the drawings. Little Flower! I see you in the sky! You have wings - a butterfly! And you can swim like a porpoise. Little Snail! I see you in the sky! You're like a little boat in the heavens... Your shell is the sail, your slimy trail a cirrus path to the unknown. Little Pony! I see you in the sky! You have wheels instead of legs- and a sad-looking window-pane face instead of a twinkle in the eye. Little Dinosaur! I see you in the sky! You're not T-Rex or triceratops, you're made up of the giant fluffy cotton candy in the sky. Little tear drops on my face! I don't see you in the sky. Where do you come from? Are you the tears from up above? From the Little Flower? From the Little Snail? From the Little Pony? Or from the Little Dinosaur? Has the giant fluffy cotton candy turned into an ocean? Has the giant fluffy cotton candy turned into my eyes?Sunday, 14 November 2021
Sunday, 7 November 2021
Sunday, 26 September 2021
All The Indigo People
An original song I wrote and recorded, with some paintings I made for it. Lyrics and more details in the video description.