Happy Lantern Day

Happy Chinese Valentine’s Day

Through Hong Kong film memories

Done in Italy

Last year On the fifteenth day of the New Year

I was at my studio near Rome

It snowed heavily

This year on this same day

The scene changes

The heart changes not

Difficult not to recall the lyrics of Ouyang  Xiu Of Sung Dynasty

‘ last year today , in the evening 

The flower market bloomed with light lit up by Lanterns

The moon slowly rises upon the branches

we promised to meet each other right after the sun makes its setting

The moon , the lanterns stay bright and glorious 

But you are not there

My tears come down

Naturally

My sleeves

Happy Valentine’s Day with lovely memories 

19th of February 2019

The fifteenth day of the New Year= Chinese Valentine’s Day

Bernadette 

P.S. May I say farewell also to someone I happened to meet once after having written an article on his creativity: Mr.Alessandro Mendini

Thank you again for your kind hospitality at your Milan residence sometime later,  where I learned to appreciate the ways you carefully conserve all the original ceramic tiles on the floor.

Once a Master makes his impact, his traces remain.

Thank you all Masters of Art

去年元夜時，花市燈如晝

月上柳梢頭，人約黃昏後

今年元夜時，月與燈依舊

不見去年人，淚溼清衫䄂

歐陽修此詞送給愛詩情畫意的有心人

願失約後再重新心靈長出翅膀

飛越一切框框

重拾昔日情，超越自己的有限

還記得我曾經寫過一篇祝賀您七十壽辰的文章，在Zip Magazine 以 Kam Fu Pisapia作筆名, 給您那Lassu 椅子作致敬。

後來再到訪閣下米蘭住宅時已是一年多後；驚覺您住所悉心保留往日原來的陶瓷地材，心中立時明白：您實在是藝術大師

沒有昔日，豈有今天

故此，在意國叄拾多年的我，思鄕時便繪畫小時看過的電影

或者，只為找出自己的真正心靈

李錦芙

元宵節寫於梅窩