Reflections of the Red Room, September 2012

如果要問我這次Red room 活動對我來說有什麼不同的意義?
在我剛從高中升大學的這個過渡時期,很多事情都在轉變,周遭的環境改變了,朋友的感覺改變了,但Red room不變,也許我們每次[聚會活動]組成的成員都不盡相同,但一種熟悉的溫馨是不會改變,在橘黃色燈光灑落在地毯的剎那,印度風情式的音樂在耳朵旁刮 起陣陣微風,我知道活動即將開始,那時正忙著接待每位前來的成員
我喜歡觀察每位前來Red room的朋友們臉上的表情,一些帶著溫暖的微笑,一些帶著些微的害羞,但最近的新成員臉上忽然多了一種青春的羞澀,有著對未知事物的害怕和期待夾雜的心 情,這不禁讓我想起第一次受邀準備來Red room時,坐在前往台北的客運上,我幻想著各種對未知的可能,還要一方面說著英文,讓十七歲的我一直在冒著冷汗

但漸漸地,我從發現,喜歡,適應到愛上,現在的我,在Red room當一個工作人員,努力地介紹著Red room的一切給新加入的朋友們認識,跟著大家一起聆聽著台上的音樂,享受著彼此間的氛圍,我真心的希望,你們也能夠喜歡這裡並且常來拜訪這個朱平先生跟 Manav用心經營的好地方

~ by Henry Leu

For me, the Red Room experience is something “like a box of chocolates: you never know what’s inside” because one presentation might please me while another is not to my liking.

But, to extend the metaphor: if you think of the presentations as the filling of the confection, what does the chocolate coating represent?

At Red Room, I can count on the quality of the receptivity.  We tune in to each other, caring to cultivate a community dedicated to listening to one another.

In a box of chocolates, the fillings are variable; the chocolate is a constant. So, it follows that the Intention behind the gathering is the Chocolate. Wish I had some right now.

~ by Ruth Giordano