Dear all,
Sunday, March 21st, 2010Recently I came across this book which I find very valuable. I would really love to translate into Chinese as I think a lot of people might benefit from it tremendously as I did. It is in the process of happening, and so this will be our secret – meanwhile, please keep your fingers crossed [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »>I guess I can start reading now!
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010As of now:
- Beethoven: letters, journals and conversations.
- The Perfect Wrong Note
- 海边的卡夫卡
- What Every Pianist Needs to Know About the Body
Tags: books
Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »>Thomas Mann
Monday, November 16th, 2009For beauty, Phaedrus, mark me, beauty alone is both divine and visible at once; and thus it is the road of the sensuous; it is, little Phaedrus, the road of the artist to the spiritual. But do you now believe, my dear, that they can ever attain wisdom and true human dignity for whom the [...]
Tags: artsy, books, quotes, thoughts
Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »>Siddhartha
Sunday, October 11th, 2009I just finished reading “Siddhartha” by Hermann Hesse.
It is a book that speaks of Buddhist spirituality, but in a very representative German kind of existential way – to me at least.
It speaks of the teaching of benevolence, kindness, sympathy, etc., but of no love; for love binds everything and does not lead one to be free. [...]
officially published
Monday, July 27th, 2009记得两年前尼玛达娃在豆瓣上联系我，说, 是否可以把我06年去西藏的照片给他要出的关于西藏的书一用。我当然感到很荣幸。但，遇到了去年西藏的一些问题等等. 就这么，两年他肯定做了很多的工作，花了很多时间和精力,虽然书虽然一直没有出.
今晚在线上碰到他,他说,书出版了. 在此要再次祝贺他. :)
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A friend has asked me two years ago whether he could use some of my photos that I took in Tibet in a book he’s writing. I said sure, I’d be honoured. Two years has passed, I’m sure he encountered many problems, the book hadn’t been published. Last night, he told me [...]
