Seeing one's own country going downhill

I never had this feeling before: seeing my own country going downhill...Being a believer of institutionalism, I do feel that a revolution/total change of things is necessary. We have to pay a hefty price for revolution though... maybe a total change of governments.

邪惡與良善的比例問題

台灣有一直有兩個力量角力：政府的/惡的/結構的，民間的/良善的/有機自發的。你會說這種二元分法太粗糙，也不是一把刀切成兩塊那種。是的，如今前者的力量漸漸侵蝕整個社會/形成文化，讓後者的聲音益加微弱。偶爾出了動人的影片/真人真事，我們傻傻地以為這個社會正在向上/向善前進。但是沒有。因為這是比例問題，良善的比例太低了。

museums, material culture and anthropology

Without doubt, museums are containers of material culture. Can the museum itself be considered material culture? Yes, when we see the museum itself as physical evidence of culture.

What is the relationship between material culture and museums then? My observation is that the current study of material culture is dominated by anthropologists and when they approach museum studies, they tend to focus on objects contained in museums, rather than museums as a space containing objects.

In addition, anthropologists approach museum studies differently from art historians as anthropologists by discipline often deal with objects and living communities bearing connections with the objects.  However, when art historians study objects in museums, there are often no living people for them to take notice of; i.e. they deal with mostly history, the past.

"Minimal and extravagant" at the same time...

How to achieve to be minimal and extravagant at the same time?
I was so taken by the perfect co-existence of the two elements when they were represented by Katrin Brack. Then I suddenly found the secret of it when in the toilet where I often had other eurekas.

A thank-you note

「從認識你至今，就羨慕你的穩重與平和—至今仍是，沒有改變。」

How can I help?

I can help only when I know what your authorities want you to be/become.
I can help only when I know your authorities do not know how you should be, and then I come up with something that I think will help you grow.
I can help only when I put my ego aside and have you as my concern/main interest.
I come help not because I want to demonstrate I know so much more/better than you, but I want to help you grow stronger and better.

抄襲變宿命

因為工作項目的執行時間短、預算有限、人力不足，所以大多數的時候，我們用抄的。同時，因為抄多了，我們越抄越有技巧。動詞，也不再是抄了。

作品原創的成本太高，不適合台灣的發展，或説幾乎極少仍能夠存在台灣。但是台灣可以發展那種高明有技巧的抄：改寫/改設計。例如改一點點歐美high street的設計。這個需要的時間比較少，而且有版權灰色地帶，對吧？更不要說是舉證困難、甚至可能沒有人會注意到的博物館活動（展示設計等等）。

從傢具、筆電設計、成衣、藝術創作....。這樣說好了，哪一樣是台灣獨創？沒有抄的影子？