Tathata 35
Tathata 35 is a project that documents the year when I was 35.
Pain cracked open the shell of my ego. And I came out with a deeper understanding.
Here, the suchness of life.
(2016)
It's over
It's over.
[01.14.16]
The Danish Girl
The Danish Girl.
[01.15.16]
Better Strangers
Better strangers.
[01.16.16]
Because you see the chair, I see the man
Because you see the chair, I see the man.
[01.20.16]
Feral
Feral
[01.21.16]
Eden
Eden.
[01.24.16]
Come and go
人生有聚就有散,不必強求。
[01.27.16]
Be
平常心。
[02.08.16]
Vice
Vice.
[01.29.16]
When words fail
When words fail.
[02.11.16]
愛莫能助
有一種痛,叫愛莫能助。心痛如刀割。
但能夠照顧你愛的人,原來是福氣。
[02.13.16]
"Someone has a great fire in his soul and nobody ever comes to warm themselves at it, and passers-by see nothing but a smoke at the top of the chimney and then go on their way." - Vincent van Gogh
[02.21.16]
Zen Master
"I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats." - Eckhart Tolle
[02.22.16]
Freckled
Freckled
[02.24.16]
Your Happiness
你們的幸福
[02.26.16]
Seeds
"They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds." - Dinos Christianopoulos
[03.02.16]
《人生若如戲,別像賀歲片》- 林夕
[03.05.16]
「... 有太多的角色穿插,主角都沒有發揮機會,劇情雜亂,主題不清,感情單薄,必屬爛片。而可怕的是,如果沒有一把利剪,又沒有決斷的手勢,我們的人生又的確很像典型賀歲片,充滿群戲,寶貴的時間給串星佔據得太多了。既然不曾相濡以沫,自然兩忘於江湖,刻意再見見面,實在不必。」- 林夕
Move on
Move on.
[03.06.16]
Never Explain
"Don't waste your time with explanations; people only hear what they want to hear." - Paulo Coelho
[03.12.16]
Yous
Yous inspire me to grow.
Yous always tell me what I need to hear and not what I want to hear.
Yous keep my ego in check.
Yous love me with all my flaws.
Yous see me when I can't even look at myself.
To the special YOUS in my life, especially you @emanshiu
[03.16.16]
Good to be alive
活著多好
[03.18.16]
Come alive
"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
- Howard Thurman
[03.27.16]
Little floating soul
That little floating soul. Wonders if they would ever see her for who she really is.
[03.28.16]
Isabelle
Isabelle
[03.31.16]
To: Isabelle
To: Isabelle
[04.03.16]
It's ok to be not ok
It's ok to be not ok.
[04.04.16]
Let me wander
任我行 Let me wander
[04.05.16]
一步一生
一步一生
[04.06.16]
"This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you." - <Vincent> by Don McLean
[04.07.16]
Fatherless girl
"A fatherless girl thinks all things possible and nothing safe." - Mary Gordon (from "The Company of Women")
[04.09.16]
How much I wish I could take away your pain...
[04.11.16]
This thing called life
Whether you are 16 or 60, deep inside we are all just a little child trying to figure out this thing called life.
[04.16.16]
Bluebird of Happiness
"The beggar man and his mighty king are only diff'rent in name,
For they are treated just the same by fate.
Today a smile and tomorrow tears,
We're never sure what's in store,
So learn your lesson before too late, so...
Be like I, hold your head up high,
Till you find a bluebird of happiness.
You will find greater peace of mind,
Knowing there's a bluebird of happiness."
<Bluebird of Happiness>
[04.17.16]
Loss
"Is loss easier to bear when you know it well? Perhaps. No longer an adversary, it becomes a friend." - Gloria Vanderbilt (from "The Rainbow Comes and Goes")
[04.19.16]
Be kind
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." - Ian Maclaren
[04.20.16]
To my future self
To my future self 給未來的自己
[04.21.16]
Changeling
She's a changeling. Cues are in the hands.
[04.22.16]
My hands draw my heart
我手繪我心
My hands draw my heart
[04.23.16]
Do not fill the silence
Please do not fill the silence. Listen to what's not being said.
[04.24.16]
Being mortal
Being mortal.
[04.25.16]
Alone but not lonely
She said to me, "I'm alone, but I'm not lonely at all."
[04.26.16]
Home is where the tail is
Home is where the tail is.
[04.28.16]
雪中送炭,感恩。
[05.01.16]
Let them judge
When you judge, you don't define me, you are defining yourself.
[05.06.16]
Finally free
Thank you for breaking my heart one last time. The last bit of guilt is gone. I'm finally free.
[05.08.16]
Is it better now?
Is it better now?
[05.11.16]
Metanoia
Metanoia
[05.13.16]
What if
What if heartbreaks are gifts showing us what we thought was right for us is actually not. What if tears are nutrients cleansing us, to help us see clearly what truly matters. What if there's no such thing as "detour"; that the long and steep road is specially designed for us to experience something spectacular. What if we stop wondering what if and simply love what is. [06.01.16]
Take care (end)
No more pain now, but the love will live on with you. It's been a privilege to go through all the tears and laughter, hurt and care, only to have deepened our love and understanding till the very end. Take care now, until we meet again. [06.15.16]