Music Box There is a music box sitting in my bookshelf for more than 10 years. It was a gift. At age of seventeen, I went to Hokkaido with my family. We were brave, because we don’t speak Japanese except me. I should say pronounce Japanese, sorry. Otaru, that’s where I meet this Music Box. […]
Among Dinosaurs She couldn’t think of another way she would rather have these women. The way in which they presented themselves to her in this dream; naked and surrounded by dinosaurs. They were laying down, carefully, or resting delicately against each other. Positioned in graceful contortions as if they were all asleep, or daydreaming. The […]
Yu-Cheng presented us with his poem, accompanied by a digital recording of Beethoven String Quartet Opus 132 in A minor, the third movement, (performed by Amadeus Quartet) The poem, titled 丑小鴨 (Ugly Duckling) is based on the story of The Ugly Duckling, by Hans Christian Andersen. The story is of an ugly duckling who, though […]
Tai spoke his original material, as follows: comets of naked sonnets scratch from under my surface churnin’ my words ‘n’ makin’ me speak on purpose the civil service of a poet, is to embrace the colliding tensions to then simply grab the pen ‘n’ use the weapon of expression to lessen the fear in our […]
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
Vito Lin demonstrated the amazing versatlity of the ‘paper’ chair that expands to seat 16 people. “Crafted out of simple wood and paper, FlexibleLove is modest and humble, earthy and unpretentious, and ready to evolve. ….It accommodates many visitors at once, or none at all. It is foldable and recreated as one sees fit, like […]
This past weekend, the Learning Kitchen at Aveda was transformed into a theatre-space for the newly forming performing group: Red Room Radio Redux. Dedicated to the power of the spoken word, this new group consists of members of the Red Room community who have donated their time and talents over several months in preparation for four shows. […]
This poem praises urban life. Not because of the grandiose mansions, dazzling night life, or the luxurious brands. But the tiny restaurants, school memories, familiar sceneries, friends and family members, that make a city unique to you. This poem is also a literary portrait of the beautiful music: Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume. (Vienna, the […]
“I still remember the first time I brought my guitar to the Red Room to play. I could barely string three chords together back then…and I was scared…so scared. But I had to do it because I was writing all these songs…and songs are not alive unless people hear them.” “So I got up and […]
Sandwiches I reach for the rye. This had better be the best damn sandwich I’ve ever made. That man in there, he’s going to be the one, if I can just get the proportions right. If I can make him fall for me, one slice of provolone at a time, I know I’ll be able […]