Just-talking-out-loud

* My brother referred to me and my sister as "Sense and Sensibility". I'm the sensible one, of course,,, lol .

I'm touched by Ansel Adams's talent. I always had higher appreciation for painting than photography. This point of view has been changed since I started to learn more about photography. They both are equality artful. Ansel Adams had said that people may not believe and trust what they see in a painting because it's a human creation. However, what you capture in a photo is a reality.

** One of the most exciting novels I read this summer was “the Secret Diary of Anne Boleyn” by Robin Maxwell. I have always been fascinated by history and this one was no exception. As I learned more about the history of England, I started reading about Henry VIII, the brutal and nasty king that England has ever faced. And the story of six miserable wives he acquired. This novel is based on true historical evidence on the life of Anne Boleyn the second wife of Henry VIII and the mother to Queen Elizabeth I. this book is more than history, it is a life story. It is about the true courage of a woman who stood for what she believed in. I quoted some paragraphs from the book. This is what Anne said in her diary about the bitter relationship between Henry VIII and her first wife Katherine. “I watched and saw the love that flowed a river from Katherine’s source to Henry’s raging sea, but never did one drop of that ocean’s love return to her.” Thomas Wyatt one of Anne’s admirers wrote to her:...

This is an inspiring video clip that I watch today. It's the commencement speech address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005. To watch click on the title "Connecting the dots".