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Dec 5th, 2014

Interstellar: Love / 星際效應之愛

Interstellar: Love

Love is what binds us together. I agree with Dr. Brand that Love is something we cannot understand fully but feel so strongly for, and somehow we know that in between that understanding and mystery of love resides a source of power that seems to transcend time and space. And yes I choose to believe and trust love just because it cannot be explained and proven with science. It is meant to be embraced and shared, not made into formula and measured. I believe it’s beyond us because it is higher than us, bigger than anything we have come to know and discover.

We are love beings and therefore I trust my own feelings. I trust my friends with love. Love connects people- and just as morse code is transmitted through dots and dashes, you and me – we, are like dots in the multitude of this galaxy connected by the dashes of love. Dots and dashes, connecting you and yourself, me and myself, you and me (past, present, future versions of ourselves), transcending time, space, and our understanding of this world.

We love, and we express love by giving a part of ourselves to people we care about. We love by letting go- letting go of the things and people we hold on so dearly to. We are bound by love and as some may say- we are trapped in love, willingly and uncontrollably.

When I first saw interstellar I wondered upon the amazing stars and galaxies, a universe of possibilities and impossibilities.

It is (the) second time I am watching this movie, and I am still in awe, but this time the amazement is focused on just the idea and meaning of love. We are all romantic beings, whether we admit it or not. In fact, many of us try to hide behind rationality and explain life and existence through science, formula and theory. Eventually we give up pretending to be strong at a certain point of desperation, when we have to give in to our human nature. Mankind has achieved great things, but none of it possible without irrationalism nor passion, nor love. Love gives birth to action.

This makes me even more convinced that human beings were made IN LOVE.

Life is bred- in love, for love.

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians 13:13)

星際效應之愛

愛，把人們緊緊繫在一起。很認同Dr. Brand 的說法，雖然人們從未真正理解「愛」，卻總是深刻的感受它；在對愛理解與不解之間的灰色地帶，存在著一股超越時間和空間，無法真正解讀的神奇力量。是的，正因為科學無法真正解釋愛的存在價值，我對愛，深信不疑。愛，本來就不應被制式化的度量，而應該被信奉珍惜。我想，愛之高尚與偉大，是人類無法解讀它的原因，而愛的龐大程度，遠遠超越我們的想像與衡量。

人類因愛而存在，所以我向來相信自己的情感。我對朋友的信任建立在愛的基礎上。愛，是維繫人與人之間的橋樑；莫爾斯電碼以數點與劃線的相結合為傳輸符號，而你和我，就猶如宇宙裡的眾多點點，愛，則是連結所有你我的長短劃線。你和你自己、我和我自己、你和我（我們自己的過去、現在與未來），彷彿被劃線牽繫著，超越時間、空間，甚至人類對這世界所不及的理解。

愛一個人，往往讓我們願意奉獻自己的一部分。愛一個人，有時我們必須放手，為了總是放不下的人事物好。我們被愛束縛著，也可以說，我們皆被愛綑綁—情不自禁，也心甘情願。

第一次看「星際效應」的震撼，在於星球與銀河的奧妙，萬物之間的可能與不可能。

第二次看「星際效應」，還是很震撼，但這一次的感嘆圍繞在愛的意義與精神。我們皆有浪漫因子，即使有些人未必承認。事實上，許多人總是藉以科學、程式、理論，來用理性看待或解釋生活。但其實在面臨重大考驗的時候，偽裝的堅強，往往不敵人性。人類確實成就了許多偉大的事蹟，但不可否認的是，如果沒有瘋狂的熱忱、非理性的思維，甚至如果沒有愛，這些事蹟可能根本不會發生。愛，衍生了行動力。

這更加讓我深信，人類產自於愛。

生命源自於愛。

生命為愛而延續。

「現在常存的有信、望、愛這三樣，其中最大的是愛。」（哥林多前書 13:13）

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Nov 12th, 2014

Interstellar: “My Life Will Never Be The Same Again” / 我的生命，從此改變。 (updated 2014/12/05)

“We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars, now we just look down and worry about our place in the dirt”

I don’t even know where to begin. I just walked out of the cinema after watching “Interstellar”. It’s 2:30am and I’m sitting in my car alone, asking myself what had just happened to me. These are about the only few things I’m conscious I am doing, besides frantically trying to write and describe my emotions this very moment.

I feel like my whole being has left my body and I am feeling the world around me for the first time. There are beautiful things in life, beautiful objects, animals, nature, and people. But this is the most intriguing and amazing beauty I have ever, ever witnessed in my entire life. The beauty of not just the visuals I could see before me during the duration of the film, but the beauty of life, imagination, possibilities and impossibilities, hope, and ultimately – love.

This film has triggered the deepest sensations and emotions in a magnitude and a way so unique I have never recognized before. It feels like I just discovered gravity.

To say that this is the most amazing film I have watched in my life is truly an understatement, because it isn’t a film to me. It is a supernatural calling and tugging at my spirit and being, as if there is something strong and more important I need to discover in a totally different dimension from what I have ever imagined and known. It is a place where philosophy and science crosses each other and engages in a wrestling match.

What started off as a solemn, tensed setting for a 3-hr long Christopher Nolan sci-fi blockbuster, eventually turned out to be a huge spiritual revival for me halfway through the movie. The film threw many questions at me- intriguing questions about the concept and understanding of time, space, extraterrestrial life, planets, hope, love and God. Questions about what we hang on to, and what we let go of, and who and what we live for. I believe there is much adjustments to make in life after today.

Interstellar has not only bridged the gap between our explorations of the known and the unknown, but it has also created a new galaxy in my heart and my soul. I will never see our world the same way as before, nor will I ever feel the same about our three-dimensional world. This experience has opened up a black hole of possibilities, and as we enter the black hole in the story, I felt myself crossing over my understanding of life for the past 33 years, bringing me into a new world not bound by human rationalism.

It is ironic how the complexity of deep space exploration, the laws of physics and science are ultimately humbled and explained through something as simple, yet as majestic as love. At the same time it is extremely gratifying to know that something so innate in us, so natural for us, can be the key to being the final and only hope for mankind.

It seems from today onwards I have been inspired to strive to find more different channels- to create, share, and express my heart and soul through music and love. I have been set free.

This isn’t a movie, or rather, this is what a movie should be.

My life will never be the same again.

星際效應

有點不知道該從哪裡開始。剛看了「星際效應」，離開戲院。已經凌晨兩點半，我獨自坐在車上，試著釐清自己到底是怎麼了。我的意識裡無法再思考別的，只知道我必須把此時此刻的心情記錄下來。

感覺自己的靈魂出竅了，而且第一次真正「感受到世界」。生命中充滿著美好—事物、動物、大自然、人，但，這是我第一次目睹人生中最最美妙、最最令人著迷的美。透過這部電影，我看到的不僅是影像上所呈現的美，而是生命的美，這其中的幻想、可能性、希望，到最終的—愛。

這部電影激起了我的每一寸感官，極深、極廣，情緒之澎湃，是我從來從來沒有體驗過的程度。彷彿我發現了地心引力！

「這是我至今看過最令人歎為觀止的電影」，真的不足以形容我心中的驚嘆指數。打從心底所承受的揪心，牽動靈魂的超然啟發，強烈地讓我感覺自己必須以自己所未必認識的角度去探索其中的奧秘。那是哲學與科學相較勁的神秘領域。

Christopher Nolan 導演的三小時好萊塢科幻大片，以莊嚴緊湊的開場掀開序幕，進而在不到一半的時候已讓我陷入某種精神復興的狀態。接踵而來的耐人尋味議題不斷充斥著腦海：關於時間、宇宙、空間、不明生物、星球、希望、愛、神；每個議題就像是攤在面前的疑問句，拷問著我們到底在堅持著什麼？放棄了什麼？為了誰/什麼而活著。我知道，這之後，自己的生活必須做出調整。

「星際效應」不但跨接了已知與未知之間的無形探索，更在我的心靈刻畫了全新的銀河軌跡。它全然改變了我看世界的角度，且開啟了我感受世界的不同觸覺。這超越3D的感觀，在故事帶領著我們穿越無限黑洞的同時，讓我瞬間跨越了過去33年來所理解的人性認知，以不被理智所束縛的直覺迎接黑洞所有無限的可能。

諷刺的是，宇宙探索、科學與物理的種種複雜，最終得以化解困境的，是簡單卻偉大的—愛。與此同時，令人感念的是，這人類與生俱來、最本能的元素，也是自我救贖的終極希望。

今天的洗禮，鞭策著我努力透過更多不同的途徑，以音樂與愛，去創造、分享、表達自我。我被解放了。

這不僅是部電影。又或者應該說，這才是部電影。

我的生命，從此改變。

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Sep 25th, 2014

SMG x DISNEY @Yo’hood Shanghai

This year, we celebrate Disney’s 90 years of dreams with vibrant colours and bold prints.

A touch of swag for the guys, and a chic style for the girls.

Behold, we present SMG x DISNEY. Still Moving After 90…

迪士尼90歲了，我們以大膽的印跡和絢麗的顏色共同歡慶夢想的延續

炫酷的男裝，俏麗的女裝

SMG x Disney，堅持夢想，超越90

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