The director of a Xiamen antique store, The Goodone, has collected and preserved the flower tiles of the the city's old roads hoping one day they can be re-purposed into the design of the city.
In his effort to preserve the history of his city the director overcame many difficulties. In the end, it simply came down to his drive to preserve the past and love for sharing history with others, that lead him to persevere.
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Our host introduces "500 strokes" the work of a Beijing artist. This piece incorporates 500 different single calligraphy brush strokes, each with it's own inspiration.
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The artist explains his works. He describes how all of the paintings he does are really just free form and they come from the heart.
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The artist based on the fact that young Japanese people who participated in his art project didn't take up most of the page when they were drawing, makes broad assumptions about Japanese society.
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The host puts the artists work in perspective and the artist tells us that we can never really understand ourselves until we project ourselves outwardly.
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Our host can't wait to try painting and she goes about choosing her ink. The artist describes the process that needs to be unlearned in order for us to let out what's truly in our hearts. We should disregard our training and just paint.
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After the host finishes her painting the artist interprets in in relation to her life. He tells her that her life will move in one particular direction but She will have some difficulty right in the middle. In this way his work becomes a type of fortune telling.
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The artist explains more of his life philosophy and our inherent contradictions.
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In the end our host gives us the message that we should try our best to change the things we can and not over think the things we can't change about ourselves.
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The artist describes how he draws inspiration from Chinese mythology, but he has his own flavor and interpretations.
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The artist explains some of the mythology that goes into his work
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The artist explains some more myths that directly tie into his work.
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The artist talks about video games and the host talks about a video game.
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The artist talks about how in the future the things that we see as science they will see as legends.
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The artist describes how legends and myths are the blueprints for our future development.
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The artist shows that in our myths it is preordained that our advancements are all in service of returning to our mythological paradise.
Why is it so hard to love oneself? The reason might start with the term itself.
There is an underlying message of putting others first that is inherent in the concept of self-love.
We can't truly love others until we love ourselves. So, how do we accomplish that?
A lot of what we do to take care of ourselves is based on the underlying belief that we're not good enough. That belief has to stop.
Live in your feelings for a moment. What are they telling you?
The key to feeling love is to feel the feeling of caring for someone.
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