Guests at a mice wedding

guests at a mice wedding
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Just uploaded a couple of photos from my Lumix onto flickr - no shot in particular that I like, but well...

This exhibit called The Mice Wedding was pretty cool. It was a depiction of the final scene from this folk story about how a mice couple who wanted to marry their daughter to the Sun they thought was the biggest stud in town. The daughter, of course, had already a lover. Luckily for her, the Sun said he wasn't the most powerful person as the Cloud make him disappear. The Cloud said the same about himself and pointed to the Wind, which did likewise and pointed to the Wall. Finally the Wall said it's not the most powerful because mice can make holes in it. The parents realised their folly and married their daughter to her sweetheart. Aww.. As do most parables, this one has plenty of meanings you can draw from yourself.

A separate point, I watched The Informant today and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. The comedy drama has the usual sardonic black humour expected from director Steven Soderbergh, and Matt Damon was very funny as the incorrigible liar who helped the FBI expose an international price fixing crime.

Mexican art show @ SAM

Hey History Nuts, don't miss this exhibition! The theme of modernity is familiar - see how Mexican artists dealt with tumultuous changes in their country from the 1900s to the 1950s. Though I don't think I saw anything as dramatic as Picasso's La Guernica, there were definitely similar 'modern' sensibilities present at this dark and thought-provoking show. On second thought, maybe the piece showing pierced arms and mutilated bodies - a scathing critique of the Spanish conquistadors (I didn't note down the art's name) - does come close to Picasso's vision of maimed horses. I also think the addition of a mini Philippines 'modernity' gallery was a nice touch - a conscious effort by the curator to conjoin the two countries' shared experiences?

Will definitely go back again with my camera.. haha.. The one that really caught my eye was Raul Anguiano's 'The Thorn' - the lithograph above showing a sagely Mayan removing a thorn from her foot. Look at that cool poise, ya?