《笑畫人生》 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ 「也許你的脆弱，才造就了你的堅強。」 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ Maybe you were weakened so you could become strong. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ 這一句話從猶如主角 John Callahan 的心靈導師 Donnie 口中講出來時，有點倒抽一口氣，最近一次耳聞類似詞句是在《她的錯誤教育》劇情急轉直下的最駭人之處，For when I am weak, then I am strong，也許一句話的兩樣情就在於你是否篤定自己正在往好的方向前進。 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ 《心靈捕手》、《大象》的金棕櫚名導 Gus Van Sant 再一真人真事改編的勵志作品《笑畫人生》，描述一位諷刺時事的爭議性漫畫家，在重度酒癮與幾乎是四肢癱瘓的谷底泥淖中，如何痛定思痛重新出發，學習接受現實、發掘夢想與幽默以對的處世哲學，進而開啟屬於他那顛簸人生的另一扇窗。劇情有別出心裁之處，也有稍嫌突兀的缺點，比較無法接受是幾次對於《道德經》的引用，因為對於普通西方人能真正讀懂老子的深奧學說有些存疑，其實所謂「視而不見，名曰夷；聽之不聞，名曰希；搏之不得，名曰微」，或是開宗明義的「道可道，非常道，名可名，非常名」都比一般人熟知的論孟還要晦澀，畢竟道法自然與自然無為的東方哲學思想需要相關的文學底蘊當作基礎。 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ 不過撇開屬於中文人的莫名堅持以外，《笑畫人生》也是一部在許多面向讓人感觸良多的作品，跳躍性敘事帶出輕快的節奏，雖然無法處處掌握的盡善盡美，卻彷彿真的在幾經跌宕後，笑看了無語問蒼天的苦痛與折磨。這個名為戒酒互助會的團體，其實是一個停止自我放縱與墮落的生命療程，真正聚焦於正視童年陰影、找出問題癥結、停止一昧怨天尤人，最困難也最關鍵的課題依然是與自我和解。 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ 林語堂是將「幽默」一詞介紹進入中國的第一人，認為最理想的人生是三分現實主義，兩分理想主義，三分幽默自嘲，兩分多愁善感，他曾總結六種人生公式： ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ Reality - Dreams = Animal Being Reality + Dreams = A Heart-Ache (Usually called Idealism) Reality + Humor = Realism (Also called Conservatism) Dreams - Humor = Fanaticism Dreams + Humor = Fantasy Reality + Dreams + Humor = Wisdom ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ 現實減去夢想等於動物。 現實加上夢想等於心痛（通常稱為理想主義） 。 現實加上幽默等於現實主義（通常稱為保守主義） 。 夢想減去幽默等於盲目狂熱。 夢想加上幽默等於幻想。 現實加上夢想加上幽默等於智慧。 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀ #笑畫人生 #dontworryhewontgetfaronfoot #johncallahan #gusvansant #joaquinphoenix #rooneymara #movie #film #觀影 #電影 #🎬 #台灣 #taiwan #taipei #LetMeSingYouAWaltz

Sisters trip to celebrate @irenexchen’s birthday & her finally moving back to Taiwan to me next week 😆🎉 #desertvibes 🐫🌵🌵 . Growing up 5 years apart in age, we never really attended the same schools concurrently 😔. I was beyond proud of you and thankful that you got into UCLA (yep she’s intelligent & beautiful 😉!!) and came to join me in Southern Cali as I was entering the workforce 🙏🏻😇. There, we raised two kittens together, which led to my inevitable feline fanaticism HAHAHA 😻❤️🤣 (thanks for that, cuz my life really wouldn’t be complete without the fur babies). We shared so many memories in LA, whether it be cooking delicious meals 😋🥘, going to concerts 🎶, waking up to cats on top of us 😪🐱😍, spending the next 5 hours petting them 😂, crying over relationship turmoils 😭, growing out of them stronger 👭💪🏻, celebrating happiness and positivity 🎉, and just making up for our lack of during childhood years 🙌🏻! 那麼多的點點滴滴一眨眼也五年了，妳能相信嗎 😲!! 真開心我們終於又可以住在同一個地方了 🤗 歡迎回家，陳家的寶貝小妹, love you baby sis 😘 . . . . . #沙漠 #joshuatree #joshuatreenationalpark #desert🌵 #desertlife #desertlandscape #deserttrip #desertliving #sunsetview #revolve #revolvearoundtheworld #revolveclothing #bohofashion #boholuxe #gypset #輕旅行 #travelyam #travellikeagirl #travellikealocal #discovernewplaces #discoveringtheworld #roamtheplanet #exploringtheworld #traveldaily #travelguide 🌍

Tomorrow is Election Day in Malaysia, and I’ve gotta say this has been a thoroughly enjoyable *Political League season to watch. There has been fanaticism, gossip, and scandals galore. A professor held a lecture to say that the leader of the opposition, Dr Mahathir, is too old to lead the country at 93 years old; so he turned up to the venue, took a front row seat and said “say it to my face”. These flags represent the current ruling party in Kelantan, PAS. The material of the combined flags of all parties flying through the streets would be enough to clothe an army of thousands. The Australian Politics League always has its share of interesting characters. The US Politics League is arguably the most important on the world stage. But the Malaysian Politics League is LIT. I can’t even talk about everything on social media, but it is wild out here. *I am labeling national government systems as “Political Leagues” because people support political parties like football teams; you support them even when they make terrible decisions, and anyone that is not a follower of your party is an enemy.