Batch 02
Batch 02 is finally out.
Hence it’s a little late, but you can see the collection here
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July 22, 2009 • 7:52 am 0
A Generation of Heroes
My friend Eugene just showed me this video of two off duty firefighters and a group of locals risking their lives to save the lives of a mother and two children in a burning SUV. I cant begin to imagine what the world would look like with a whole generation of everyday heroes.
Embedded video from CNN Video
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July 14, 2009 • 3:55 am 0
Departure & Arrival
This has been a theme for me for the past little while.
I mean, it happens all the time, all around us, people come, people go. Moments come, moments go.
And so we’re living under the governance of time, and space and place. Some look back and are sad, others choose not to look back at all. So where does this bring me?
I’ve come to really appreciate the moments in our lives where time seems to stand still, where reality seems surreal.
Those small moments of joy with the people you love, those moments of giving and receiving, and appreciating, those moments remind me why life is worth living. Those moments remind me that living each day in trying to be a professional lover (Shane Claiborne) is not in vain.
So I’ve been trying to live intently, attentively to every moment, listening and looking.
The truth is bad times come and go, but so does good times.
And the end of this doesnt mean the end of that, but maybe the start of that.
I’m exploring the idea of a much bigger story, where you and i are very much a part of.
I think thats a characteristic that reflects God’s image in us, the attention to the micro, as well as the macro, seeing how the small makes up the big, and the big is nothing without the small.
Wait for Season 8, it’s in the theoretical stages.
V.
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June 27, 2009 • 9:57 pm 0
A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE
Alright, its rare i do this, but today im doing an update on TAKEFLIGHT.
It’s summer and the Takeflight Collective is going crazy (my mind) There are 5-6 ideas all going at once and its not working out that well, as you can see at the picture above. We’ve come to a stall!
Everything is up in the air (oh the irony)
But if anyone actually reads this blog, there might be a batch 02 coming out for AVANT GARDE..
I’m also working on a project of bags..(God knows when that will be done)
I’m reminded constantly that the life of a designer is so similar to the life of following Christ.
We need to stop once in awhile, and reflect, and be inspired again.
And so that is all, look out for Takeflight in the latest edition of Design 44 Magazine
(view)
Last but not least, here is a random wallpaper I was playing around with.
Grace & Peace
V.
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June 14, 2009 • 12:07 am 1
Popularity
This week has been significant as it marks something remarkable in my life so far.
i’ve realized im no longer popular. or maybe i never was but ive had glimpses of light upon popularity.
Dont get me wrong, im not one to wish to be in the limelight although i like lime.
I’ve found myself to be less sociable, less outgoing perhaps, but not to worry, i am still quite friendly.
I’ve given up being sociable a long time ago, but i’ve come to grasp and hold on to the value of being
true.
that’s what or who i want to be. I want to be a true, and genuine individual.
Being social is a great thing. but that is something im working on.
and somehow this new chapter seems almost natural.
Take the example of opening up a new pack of skittles, and you have all these reds and purples, and oranges, yellows all at the palm of your hands.
And then i choose one.
green.
cos i like lime, and its what i really wanted to eat.
And so there you have it cyber world…
my days of popularity are over.
I’m more leaning towards being a designer of course, and maybe even a part-time writer.
V.
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June 11, 2009 • 1:16 am 2
History, Realism, and the Truth
I was learning today of the continual struggles that survivor Jews had to endure after the Holocaust. Many had to go to court in order to get something back for all that theyve lost. And the process goes that you need to give a testimony of your experience, but many times, their testimonies were marked false, or discredited because of a slight error in their recalling. So much of their credibility is based upon history and pictures, etc etc…And its a mystery still how we can comprehend, let alone prove such an absurd catastrophic event. History itself is slippery ground as to who writes history? the winners?
How do you prove such events.
And in class, my brain clicked, and i thought of Christianity. I thought of how indeed crazy it looks for believers of this faith to proclaim, and even prove the truth, the realism, and existence of this God, this faith. And in a funny way, Christians give testimonies as an account of this faith, this gospel message. If we compare it to these holocaust survivors, we often will find the same result.
that is, how do you prove that these things you say are real, are true, is the truth?
But at the same time… how do you prove or make sense of something that doesnt make sense, that is beyond human understanding? our understanding will never do it justice.
My teacher also mentioned the rising of Holocaust “theme parks”, and the effects popular representation has upon the holocaust. what she is basically trying to say is how it waters down and almost degrades the level of value here.
And then i think about the Christian theme park in the documentary Religulous.
and then the rest of the consumer, business Christian market.
I wonder what that… does to the gospel, cos i hope the water that waters it down is holy water.
I guess at this point of my life, if someone was to ask me, how do you prove your God exist? how do you prove Christianity is real?
i would say, i dont know, but i do know, if i can make simple sense of the God of this universe, then this God may not be the same God that is above this complex confusing world.
I’m reminded that a story in our times, is usually considered fiction. Theres no credibility to factuality there.
But i believe there is indeed truth in the story.
if history can be rewritten, altered, fabricated, photos photoshopped, videos edited, sound bytes altered, then perhaps the only truth there is in the world is that somethings are beyond understanding.
and perhaps the things i don’t understand, i understand, because i understand they cant be understood.
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June 4, 2009 • 1:26 am 2
Liminality
I’ve been taking a summer course recently, and today we stumbled across the word liminality.
In definition its:
the transitional period or phase of a rite of passage, during which the participant lacks social status or rank, remains anonymous, shows obedience and humility, and follows prescribed forms of conduct, dress, etc.
Now with this word comes a few implications, but what i’m most interested about with this word is simply how relevant it appears to be in the world around me.
I see my friends and love ones in this kind of liminality, maybe not in exactly the definition, but more a transitional period, and most of all I see myself in this period.
And with this period, comes alot of dissatisfaction, disappointments, frustrations, confusion, busyness.
Just the thought that we’re not quite there, and no were not the same as we were, and so we start asking ourselves, like where the hell are we going? what’s the point of this, and what about that? am i really good enough to make it, is this what i’m really called to do?
But i’m reminded that this frustrating time, is also the most exciting time.
Because the unknown allows for a lot of possibilities. What we expect, may not be what it truly is.
For me, perhaps one of the funny things about being a designer is not being able to design the outcome.
And so being a designer requires risks, requires failure,
requires faith.
Being stuck in a moment is indeed frustrating when we’re trying to get there.
But maybe, i should start being aware of the moment in time, in which i am stuck at.
Because maybe it wasnt where i intended to be,
but its where i need to be.
V.
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May 9, 2009 • 7:14 am 1
