艷 陽 和 雨 天

                前陣子刷到 「 摸魚 」咖啡館為音樂會的海報，老闆在近半年前的 「 音頻人 」尾聲後所提起的 「 有時 」終於實現。那名字起初聽起來確實有點古怪，但誰知在老闆親自手繪的海報裡卻表現得自然又顯眼。曾問老闆， “何為有時？” 而他的回覆還挺符合人生主題： “ 有許多事，因為有時～”  我想它的含義為除了有時的狀態，除了有時的思緒，除了有時想彈唱某些歌，感覺上 「 有時 」 的確帶來一種沒什麼可被容許永恆不變的心情。也正如此，那時卻隨之變成了那時候當下唯一可去體驗的瞬間。既有人說過去與未來都並非現實，且時間也只不過是清醒時的幻覺，那麼最真實的該是 「 那時 」 的 「 有時 」。 眼看著海報，想起之前所創給老闆的 「 音頻人 」海報，因自己沒收副本而需在網上載下。當時覺得過度依賴電腦軟件做設計，感到非常疲累加無趣，就選擇了在 「 摸魚 」聽他們一邊練習一邊在場弄出海報的時刻。當然，含酒精的摸魚心態是在那空間裡 ‘玩設計’ 時唯不可缺的調味料。有時，還想做設計。有時，真的很厭倦。有時，但又愛又恨。有時，原以為不會再見的人經歷了一段時間後回來的一時興起在短暫的期間內也可以再突然消失得無影無蹤。Sometimes...

                 Multimedia Design , since the term was coined in tandem to the rise of computing machines, comprises five elements; Text, Image, Audio, Video, and Interactivity. The last principle were challenged by animators, debatably valid as moving images or animation (by animating to interact)  enforced a minimal benchmark to 'communicate' with users and audiences. A decade later we normalise using the label Digital Media as an umbrella term to reference a wider spectrum to create, again propelled by electrical hardwares and electronic devices to put screens into easily accessible hands.      What began as a mere mix-matching of five singular element adequately, with intentions to create limited screen experiences  (a long time ago) , has now shifted into creators being the 'consumers' themself, way before their audience is prepared for a distributable consumption of digital contents. Cr...

                Came across some old JPEGs while purging my digital archives to determine which could be kept as ideas to begin writing for this site. Created using Adobe Illustrator CS, I stared at these for some time trying to recall the thoughts and steps behind it. In the absence of any dimensional-assist or automated tool, it was pure perspective and imagination.      Nearly two decades later I ponder not on whether such task should embrace the use of advanced shortcuts or generative graphics, but on whether I am versed with the concept and its learning if decided to do so. Wishing that 'AI still means Ai' , labelling one's profile  "No to AI" to protest, or signing off with a 'No AI' symbol aren't means to forward a conversation, seen no more than mere defensive reactions to distinguish us from them. Notice that none from the other side is pausing to address these insecurities despite our cry f...

                I recall the 'Dreamweaving' days. Learn it on notepad.exe, save it as index.html, upload onto a root server, pray it'll render on Internet Explorer as planned. Not forgetting the fake CSS stylesheet and lines by manually inserting HTML styling syntaxes to each page.      Today, in the course of troubleshooting Blogspot's theme and page backends, the A.I. compiler proved its efficiency in guiding codes. Well, given that we know the right questions. Else, provided that we learn to ask the right strings of questions. Its process leading to a desirable outcome despite missed attempts are rewarding, if ever compared to the manual research of resource browsing, filtering, and formulating. Yet we should be cautioned that learning via 'conversations' with A.I. engines are better retained, only if questions were treated with curiosity instead of convenience (for which I am often guilty of whe...