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e having eaten cheese and butter but any other superficial improvements i ve noticed in my skin aside this dramatic reduction in my skin s sebum production would be sufficient for my glowing praise of this product it made a difference where nothing else i ve tried did i m very eager to try the mcarthur scalp care shampoo and conditioner next to see if pawpaw extract is equally effective at controlling my oily scalp mcarthur natural products are not tested on animals are made from all natural ingredients and do not contain parabens sodium lauryl sulphate or propylene glycol i highly recommend the range for skin that is oily sensitive or damaged mcarthur products are available at the mcarthur online store pharmacy online and selected pharmacies in australia labels beauty notes mcarthur natural products pawpaw extract 6 27 2013 6 culture notes in which things are eaten that are not normally eaten by anne that part at the end when the chip breaks and the guy just scoops the whole thing up with his fingers that kills me you may have noticed that we at ars aromatica are not ones to scoff at obsessive attention to detail both perfection and truth to life require it but perfection i am skeptical of because it implies a frozen state with room for neither entropy nor growth what is more marvelous is the imperfection of the familiar but cast in ever changing lights to both lift us out of the dreariness of existence and awaken anew in us a love for the humble details that usually escape our notice in contrast to the finesse of many animated works today fresh guacamole is clumsy substituting materials for other materials that don t resemble each other at all and yet the conceit not only works but breathes for no matter how gorgeous the execution it cannot approach the texture that comes from embracing imperfection indeed lovingly recreating it i consider this movie overrated for this exact reason i do not dislike all cg movies as i consider ratatouille the rare film that exhibits both soul and astonishing polish in its execution you dear reader may have different opinions labels animation culture notes pes 3 11 2013 5 desert island my ideal bookshelf li wen by li wen the earliest books i read in english were mr men and little miss it was december 1992 and i had just moved from shanghai to sydney to live with my father my command of english was basic i had not yet started primary school every trip to the supermarket i would pick up a couple of these plainly illustrated children s books at check out a dollar each then cajole dad to read them aloud to me when we got home within a year i d graduated to enid blyton and c s lewis they were my window into how this anglo society i was now living in functioned my first measuring stick for the known world i retain to this day a fondness for proper afternoon teas and sardines on toast books are disarmingly like people some are invaluable companions and guides others make you laugh or feel less alone some books are charlatans luring you in with false promises only to try to fool you with lies and bad logic exposure to liars is useful helping to develop reasoning and argumentation but you don t want those liars near you for too long even if they are popular from those closest to you you want to be moved you want to be enlightened and challenged you want to be surprised i went to an anglican girls school where there was little room for history that wasn t the reformation and the tudor kings and queens so the first time that i read the lions of al rassan and learnt about moorish spain it was like i had discovered a world that was previously unknown through the accounts of early 20th century european explorers who fell in love with arabia freya stark wilfred thesiger i too became smitten i rebelled against western centric history and responded to my resentment over its brushing over of china by wanting to learn about the others in their own words classical poetry songs of the individual and the everyday was one avenue donna quesada daoism 1 9 i am not religious or even remotely interested in mysticism in the conventional sense the philosophical ideas of daoism or taoism came into my life when i was disillusioned with the binary thinking that characterised all the legal and political philosophy that i d studied at university all the while that my mind felt trapped and besieged i was still thinking within a paradigm that didn t have the words to express my struggle until i started to read tao te ching and its commentaries for a crash course on daoism that doesn t reduce the philosophy to soft mysticism as many comparative religion courses do in the west i ve discovered i recommend donna quesada s lectures on the subject cybernetics gregory bateson norbert wiener and systems theory ludwig von bertalanffy varela and maturana interdisciplinary fields that constitute a post newtonian science seemed to be logical progressions from that line of thought my interests are very broad so i read from a lot of different subjects and genres romantic love and sex and angst about the same is a notable exception it was in my late teens that i started to understand my own asexuality tom ripley as highsmith wrote him not as he was portrayed in the minghella film murderer and sociopath though he is remains one of my literary heroes the first character i came upon that i recognised in sweet relief that yes he is like me laurie r king s heroine in a monstrous regiment of women articulated another side of it for me for always the paramount organ of passion was the mind unnatural unbalanced perhaps but it was true without intellect there could be no love my bookshelf is a microcosm of how i think and love left the club dumas arturo perez reverte the structure of scientific revolutions thomas s kuhn steps to an ecology of mind gregory bateson the talented mr ripley patricia highsmith the prince niccolo machiavelli centre lucifer mike carey and peter gross the beekeeper s apprentice laurie r king the lions of al rassan guy gavriel kay collected poems of c p cavafy translated by daniel mendelsohn spheres of justice michael walzer classical chinese poetry an anthology translated by david hinton right arabian sands wilfred thesiger the left hand of darkness ursula k le guin a canticle for leibowitz walter m miller jr tao te ching translated by stephen addiss and stanley lombard poems of arab andalusia translated by cola franzen the rubaiyat of omar khayyam edward fitzgerald the collected poems of theodore roethke this series is based on my ideal bookshelf edited by thessaly la force and illustrated by jane mount and books should be treated as such while i stand vehemently against censorship in principle i maintain that there is a vast gulf between having the right to say something and saying something that is right labels desert island guy gavriel kay laurie r king patricia highsmith 2 02 2013 13 culture notes computer love by li wen light installations by bruce munro at longwood gardens their name in german kraftwerk means power plant and they are considered one of the most influential groups in modern music for the last four decades they have been makers of alltagsmusik everyday music dedicated to expressing the quotidian landscape of a mass culture age frieze magazine the style which they pioneered electronic music spawned techno disco house synth pop drum and bass hip hop and myriad genres folk music of the man machine world the inescapable auditory patterns forming the soundtrack of our digital present more than any other band according to tom ewing at pitchfork they catch in music what interaction with machines really feels like sometimes glorious sometimes lonely and frightening occasionally very funny one of their most popular singles is computer love computer world 1981 another lonely night stare at the tv screen i don t know what to do i need a rendezvous a tender and wistful love song between a lonely protagonist and the computer which he is dependent upon for a data date this track about human longing at the organic technical interface with its completely synthesised instrumentation and 8 bit samples of consumer electronics gets reinterpreted through the wood and resin prism of violin viola and cello by the balanescu quartet in their 1992 album possessed the balanescu quartet computer love possessed 1992 stripped of the alienation of synthesisers the elegance and lyricism of the song become highlighted in the string quartet version whilst retained are the achingly beautiful melodies the precision of its staccato rhythms and the complex layered counterpoint that characterises minimalism the lively tonality of strings replace the gleaming warm chilly alchemical textures of the original surging pounding beeping dissolving coming at the same organic robotic divide from a different angle then as the song gradually progresses harmonies shifting in and out of phase twisting and transmuting in an endless web of connectivity there is the undeniable joy of hearing a violin mimicking a slide down an electronic keyboard or the rapid bleeps and pings of a calculator passion is still muted the humour no less dry but agitation and effort more easily expressed on a stringed instrument are an audible presence a duet between singer and electronic keyboard in the kraftwerk version an exchange as much about intangible connection as it is about loneliness loses some of its whimsicalness by becoming a pas de deux of violin and viola the two voices no longer separated by a real analog divide but reflections of each other yet even as this breach is overcome the stirrings of desire are sharper more desperate perhaps it is as simple as the fact that everything seems sadder on the violin just as the simple sounds of the early decades of personalised computing cannot help but convey a sense of hope and naivety it s like a drug to human ears it can cure it can crush it can raise someone up it can send one crumbling to the ground a note to stir any hidden feeling in the core of our being laura teodora radulescu on youtube comment to the balanescu quartet s computer love in fact to my ears by removing one reflecting glass or perhaps by adding one between the robotic and the real the balanescu quartet s computer love is even more terrifying lovely than the original it is easy to see how this music with its catchy melodies pristine and calming could be adapted to more ominous effect the moments that flutter and swoop like silvery birdsong appropriated to set a soft nostalgic gloss over every conceivable product of postmodern life test tube crops a sparklingly efficient and impersonal train network the mechanical slaughter of farm animals a sony notepad or digital tv trust me it says like the soothing almost but not quite human female voices speaking corporate slogans on television ads eerie but mesmerising you already know me you can trust me where the kraftwerk original is about the experience of technology displacing real tangible interaction in daily life the balanescu quartet s cover of computer love seems to capture something more disturbing how deeply and fundamentally radical technology is woven into the fabric of our daily experience so that even as we sometimes feel a tingle of wrongness of something being a little off we are often unable to see through to their ultimately foreign nature and this subterfuge is not natural not empty of human purposefulness the anthropomorphising is not spontaneously done at the user end the means of production the way objects are designed and packaged and marketed are not devoid of consideration there is a human hand on the strings a human mind that directs it if kraftwerk s message is machines are doing this to us the message of the balancescu quartet s computer love is we are doing this to ourselves labels balanescu quartet culture notes kraftwerk 1 08 2013 6 fashion notes native textiles by li wen as the birthplace of the china s modern textiles industry the originating port of chinese silks to the outside world shanghai has the reputation of being the country s fashion capital barring hong kong whose return from british rule belongs to recent memory so it is ironic that for decades in the latter half of the 20th century shanghai was reduced to low cost processing for international clothing and footwear brands its tailors flocked overseas many to hk finding little native market for their handiwork during the austere years of the cultural revolution its mills and factories turned out workmanlike unflattering garments indistinguishable from one another by the container full taste languished and i fear discernment too it was a sad sad time for lovers of fashion but no more it seems whereas a mere decade ago my parents and i would be hard pressed to find anything to wear in shanghai that was both to our taste and not from a foreign brand i have been delighted to discover in the last few years an increasing number of exciting locally designed fashion labels here are my top three favourite chinese boutique brands all of which combine beautiful natural fabrics with elegance comfort and youthfulness nuomi shanghai aesthetic casual staples with chinese influenced detailing features ethical business model focus on natural and sustainable materials fabrics cotton modal silk bamboo wool cashmere personal favourites silk blouses cashmere jumpers maxi dresses nuomi is currently having its holiday sale with clothing up to 50 off so if you happen to be in shanghai think about checking it out at xinle lu biyun lu wujiang lu or changning lu jade en plus aesthetic monochromatic urban chic balmain meets haider ackermann features draping and layering unconventional and asymmetric cuts fabrics silk cotton lots and lots of wool personal favourites extremely well tailored trousers fitted silk dresses long sleeved tops for layering zuczug aesthetic relaxed quirky atheletic hip called china s marc jacobs by the wsj features bright primary and secondary colours fun graphic prints fabrics wool camel organic cotton silk personal favourites colourful winter coats sportswear inspired dresses noteworthy mention silk king which carries on shanghai s tradition of silk and garment trade its branches are ubiquitous across shanghai but i especially recommend its multi story flagship store on nanjing road which offers the widest range of products including fabrics bedding scarves readymade and tailored clothing sleepwear etc and the best service labels fashion notes jade en plus nuomi shanghai shanghai silk king zuczug 12 21 2012 4 fashion notes making a spectacle of myself by anne as far as inconvenient surprises go i ve never been as flummoxed as when on a camping trip last winter i woke up to find that one of the legs of my glasses had broken clean off the frame presumably when i rolled over the cold brittle frame in my sleep since then i d mostly been getting by on the power of scotch tape and as may be expected had to deal with ...
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