Slimy slimy dragon baby

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Lower our sight level to their height

If we are willing to lower our sight level to their height, 

we can see another aspect of life. 

I went to an adoption fair in Songshan Cultural Park, Taipei, this weekend. I couldn't adopt them because I'm going to study in England soon, and my parents thought our place is already "saturated" with the 2 cats we adopted 3 years ago. Even though I couldn't bring them home, after the event I still went home with my heart warm and fuzzy and got my treasure that day.

Once this little boy saw the dogs in the enclosure, he sat down in front of it with no hesitation so he could play and interact with them. This was the most beautiful scene for me that day, and I believe there was the same beauty and warmth in the boy's as well as the dog's eyes.


週末去「貓狗同樂會」在松菸辦的的Blacky送養會，雖然我家不能再養了，但還是想去看狗、跟狗玩  有一個小朋友毫不猶豫的坐在地上，用跟狗狗一樣的視線高度跟他們玩。我覺得這一幕實在太美了，我想也許只有在我們願意放低姿態的時候，才能看得到這麼美的生命的面貌吧。

The cat around MRT Zhongshan Station

中山站附近的貓

她好像對我的傘有點不滿

我放在地上

她衝過去又抓又踢又咬的

哈哈

How to befriend a cat

要跟貓做朋友

首先你要手心向上  把手臂放低

表示你對她沒有威脅性

如果你夠幸運的話

也許她會讓你摸摸她的頭後面

但第一次不要太心急

不然可能會得到抓抓或咬咬一枚...

Like this
像這樣

Taipei cat cafe ZABU

Taipei cat cafe ZABU, located in Tian-mu, Taipei. See the map here. 

The cafe owner let the cat walk in and out of the cafe at the cat's free will, and didn't force him to stay in. I heard him said at the door to the cat, "You wanna come in? Come on in." and then he pushed open the door for the cat so he could walk in and perform his duty - sniffing and checking up on the customers.

I love the harmony between humans and things, humans and animals. I was so melted by the easy and unpretentious relationship between the cafe owner and the cat. The cat came and ate a bit and got to rest under the roof when it was raining, and the cafe owner was happy with it. Sometimes we want people to do things as we like, or even get upset if they don't. But it shouldn't be like this, the tension and the desire to control other people, other lives and try to control all the things as if we own them.

Life should be like this, or at least it'll be easier to live this way: Open a door for the cat.


天母的咖啡店 ZABU

很喜歡這間店的主人跟貓的關係。
我聽到他跟貓說，「你想進來嗎？進來吧。」
然後推開門，
讓貓進來做他該做的事--- 嗅嗅每個客人的味道
結束後滿意的躺在店裡的某個屬於他的地方

老闆沒有強求貓要留在店裡招財
也很ＯＫ貓偶爾來坐坐
偶爾在外面散步社交

對我來說
這種很輕鬆和諧的關係很迷人阿
人和東西、人和人、人和動物

生活不就應該這樣

My ideal picture of observational drawing

我理想中的戶外寫生

Cambridge School of Art offered me a second chance to submit more works before they decide whether or not they should give me a place in the MA Children's Book Illustration, only that they have to be observational drawings.

I didn't go out and draw from real life a lot before. But it was fun and exciting to let the pen go as quickly and precisely as possible when capturing what you see, because you don't get to know when they will move to another position or change their postures. The most difficult thing for me to start observational drawing is to decide what to draw. I only draw things that I feel connected to, but to be professional, I will definitely do more from now. And humans! I know... draw more human figures!


在劍橋的 Cambridge School of Art 給我第二次機會
讓我多畫一些觀察的畫繳交過去
然後他們再決定是不是要發 offer letter 給我

我理想中的戶外寫生就是有一群狗狗和貓排隊在我前面讓我畫
哈哈  有這麼好的事嗎
沒有嘛
所以我要去找他們了～

Scuba diving

可憐的藍先生，我早就跟他說趕快搬離人類浮淺的地區，

可是他就是沒辦法拋棄他們代代相傳的家園。

There are some must-see and must-do in the tourist area, but for the local animals, it brings them a must-be-ruined or even a must-die impact, like scuba diving and sky lantern...etc. I'm not judging these activities or try to stop them from taking place, for they do have their profound educational and cultural meanings behind. I'm just hoping that we can try to minimize our impact to the local environment and residents, no matter they are human or the animals/plants. Well... but it's always better to leave them the way they were and not to interrupt, and there are always plenty of alternatives to your travel plans these days... :-P

When we travel elsewhere, just think about it that it's their home for generations and you definitely don't want people you don't know come into your sweet home, leaving trashes everywhere and terrifying your family for their own amusement, do you?  :o)


網路上流傳一些「死前非做不可」的事
有人說過
被當地動物遇到了
就變成「非死不可」
仔細想一想放天燈不就是把垃圾燒起來放飛嗎
浮淺也是滿傷害生態的

如果可以就儘量避免會對環境造成破壞的觀光行為吧
如果一定要做的話
就減少對生態和動物的影響
畢竟那也是他們代代相傳、天天生活的地方阿
...總是可以找到一些替代的方案可以取代這些活動喔 :o) 

A smack on the cheek!

I tried to keep this blog professional as an illustrator and normally don't do this girly thing lol (well maybe sometimes) but he kissed me on my cheek with his nose! It was so overwhelming that I can't keep it low! I didn't know that coming so I was wearing a awkward smirk on my face under the sticker which y'all will never see :-P

Be nice to the animals, for they can always give you more than you could ever imagine/offer!
(And we truly owe them too much to make it up.) 


這隻貓咪在我拍照的時候用他的鼻子著實的親我一下！
實在太開心了
(由此可知我實在是很無聊的一個人亂跟街貓自拍ＸＤ)

真心希望每個人都能對動物好一點。
因為比起我們能給的，他們總是可以給我們更多。
(而且人類實在欠他們太多太多了)

The only living things

肉呢？肉在哪裡？

不好意思，先生。我們已經是地球上唯一的生物了。

If we keep excluding other living things from this land and using up the resources incontinently, then we will be living all alone soon.

黃泰山先生說，如果我們因為貪婪而導致其他物種的滅絕，最後人類會活得很孤獨。

Bulldog and the old man

Bulldog and the old man in YongKang Park, Taipei

One thing that appeals to me about animals and companion animals is that they don't treat you differently by your appearance, age, physical and mental healthiness, bank account, occupation, political view or your moral standard. All they have is feeling. (Unless you hit them then out of instinct they defend or attack.)

I think I'm just repeating what everyone already knew. But it is still touching when you see it and you feel the connection between animals and people. I saw this bulldog and the old man in YongKang Park in Taipei. When I walked close and asked what the dog's name is and stuff, the old man started to babble about the dog getting really heavy but he said that with a smile on his face.

I felt warm and fuzzy listening because this is love. It is when you complain about someone but in the meantime you accept all of him/her and you are never going to change the true him/her. (Wait, are we still talking about dogs?) Awww... so let's listen to John Legend's All of Me. Haha!

對我來說，動物很迷人的地方就是
他們不會因為你的外表、年紀、生心理狀態、銀行帳戶、工作形態、政治立場或道德標準就用不同的方式對待你。（除非你欺負他們，那他們出於本能就會反擊）

這是在永康街遇到的鬥牛犬和老人，他們下午出來散步
老人家一直跟我碎念狗狗多胖多胖
可是又一直看著狗狗微笑 (好肉麻!)

畫了這張圖因為覺得真的好窩心
愛不就是這樣嗎
嘴上一直抱怨對方
可是同時又接受他/她的全部

所以今天來聽 John Legend 的 All of me 吧  哈哈！