before the rehearsal / 上台之前

很多事情，用旁觀者的角度，一切都顯得輕盈，甚至是好玩的。今天抱著義工的心情，下海擔任化妝師，雖然不是很稱職，不過一邊畫一邊想著，和畫在紙上沒甚麼差嘛！

As an on-looker, many things do not seem so unpleasant anymore. Instead, I have the light pace, which only belongs to an outsider. Today, I was assigned the task of being a cosmetician for the video-taping of the drama contest. I don't think of myself as capable, but as I went along, it occurred to me that this was really no different from painting!

最近讀了文溫德斯的「一次」攝影集，他的作品顛覆了我對照片的想法，我原本認為每張相片都代表著回不去的時空，溫德斯的照片裡訴說著各式各樣的故事，因為太有感情了，所以反倒活出生命，流溢到每個觀者的當下。在他的電影背後，累積著旅行於各地的靈感，看似平凡的畫面，在他的相機下也變成有趣的故事。大概是因為這樣，我覺得今天的舞台下處處都是可以捕捉的畫面。

I've been reading Einmal, a collection of photos, by Wim Wenders. His works totally overthrew my fixed idea of photography. I used to think every picture represented the past time and space that no one could return to. However, Wenders' images narrate all sorts of stories. They are so full of emotion that they break free of the frame and flow to every reader's present moment. Behind his movies are accumulated the inspirations collected on his trips around the world. A scene that seems boring at first sight is turned into an intriguing one through his eye. Because of him, this morning I had the feeling that every moment off the stage was worth capturing.