dead hearts

currently having a go with stars

SORRY

Rajinikanth made me write this

to a young designer

To you, anonymous hero knighted by the gods and entrusted by them to design the environment of mankind for the years to come, i dedicate this book. In your years of school, you will desperately try to find your "way". And your search will be desperate until some day you discover that a school can only teach you how to learn and how to work by opening your mind not to one way of knowledge, but to the many ways opened by men of vision into the unknown territories of art - since it is true that there is an infinity of different ways to reach art, and that all are good, if they are authentic.

After years of intolerance, you will find yourself some day left high and dry on a shore deserted of your dearest idol, with a bitter taste in your mouth. Because it is true that unless an artist believe in everything, he believe in nothing. Be ready to die for what you believe in today, but submit your idols to trial by fire, relentlessly, and keep those which retain, through the ordeal, the original strength of their mettle.

You will also soon discover the vanity of saying of a work of art that it is greater than another work of art. You will realize that the humblest work may possesses eternal greatness if it possesses sincerity.

When at length come your years of fulfillment you will find yourself alone, the only judge of your decision, in the awesome position of the doctor at the deathbed of his dearest patient. No one then will tell you what can be done to bring life flowing again into what death is ready to snatch away. no one will tell you if you are right, or wrong. even the experience and knowledge of your past years may be of no avail. as your only sure guide will always be your intuition.

Do not be afraid: either of your ideas, no matter how wild - of of the ideas of others, no matter how disturbing. Fear is the motive of all intolerance, while no truly tolerant man can ever be afraid, and the artist must be uncompromisingly tolerant.

As a corollary to this, live dangerously. the mountain climber is only rewarded by the summit after having risked his life many times during the climb. Beware then of contracting too many insurances. Close your eyes to ads and magazines; don't ever forget that your work may make the magazine, but the magazine will never make your work and may well destroy the faith you have in yourself.

Avoid brainwashing of any kind, commercial social, political, religious. Don't let yourself be tagged by a leash of honour in 'ism' that will make you one of the flock, but will blindfold you from seeing the beautiful lamb of the flock that happens to live on the next ranch. You, as an artist, must believe in everything, mostly in the impossible. Don't ever forget that by your intuitive foresight you will find solutions to problems that seem impossible today, but which will become commonplace in the next generation.

Don't work for success, whether success to you means a degree, a position, money, or honours. You cannot reverse the process of nature: since no fruit in spring can produce flowers in the fall, you cannot visualize the harvest before the seed matures into a healthy, full grown plant. A hot house may grow faster products, but none that can compete with the authentic product of the soil. This attitude will force you to give "no" for an answer more often than "yes", if you are concerned only with the integrity of your production. Then your "YES" will be uncompromisingly sincere. The worst lie is the lie you give to yourself as an excuse for success.

Burn your idols once in a while, and start all over again.

Art is not a process of feeling little wings grow in your backs and grow and grow until they become angel wings and carry you smiling to a Heaven fragrant with sweet violin sounds and harps: when your wings start to lift you above ground. some good devil will know enough to clip them short, and you will fall and get hurt. Only through succession of flight and falls will you experience art and grow in stature as an artist.

Often you will find your beliefs today in contradiction with yesterday's loves. Although your personality will never change, your vision of the world will. In your wonder trip of discovery of life, you will not rest in worship at the feet of only one idol, but will give to every new idol, as it passes by, a silent prayer of recognitions as thankful tribute to the enrichment it has brought to your mind.

Flout the rules as often as you can in a masterly way. Recipes are for poor cooks. Great chefs make them. The canvas of rules and codes that you have had to learn must be transgressed with vision for any art to be born. Finally, during all your life as an artist, learn through painstaking experimentation, exercise and practice, how to acquire a masterly knowledge of your craft. As for your equipment as a designer, it is not costly: it will consist of your hands, your eyes, and your mind. There will be your most essential tools; they are all the arms you need as a young warrior in the battle of design. All shortcuts, mechanical and otherwise, are signs of defeat and inaptitude. Art is the highest form of athletics, and the greatest artist- a Beethoven, a Paginini, a Heifetz, or a Picasso - are among the most hard working 'manual laborers".

Only through the constant practice of your grammar, your scales and arpeggios, vocalises and sketches, will you become articulate in your art. All the rest is nonsense.

FORM, FUNCTION & DESIGN 1975 Courier Dover Publications

the original post is here, courtesy of uzair

It was refreshing to read this. fired u up aint it?

Indiepetrasi

just some new stuff to hear bout. cheers

updatio

ok, here's the thing.

I would love to put some of the works ive done in the office, kinda like updated portfolio; but its stated in my contact I shouldnt pass on or relay information of my practice's work. i gotta talk it out with my principal first what would be allowed and what's not.

in the meantime, im attending a part 3 class, so Ill be sharing that, insyaALLAH.

btw; here's vid for sharing ;)




p/s: people's starting to jump to tumblr from blogspot and wordpress these days. I just couldnt keep it up to change platforms.

QUOTE

“Beauty has nothing to do with the price of a thing.
I am opposed to design that is overdone, or worse yet,
attached to an idea of good taste. Style has nothing to
do with money.It is liberty, harmony. In the end, what
counts the most is the person, the individual, the way
...personality expresses itself. Rather than luxury, I’d prefer
to speak of preciousness, savoir-faire, the rarity of beautiful objects.”

azlan syarawi

workin' rockin'

new earphoniums while working. its been 1 and a half month!

Jar of hearts - christina perri
I will survive - Cake (take note; its not gloria's)
No ones gonna love you - band of horses
Empty decorations - Indecisive (remember kopitiam? remember?)
Broken strings - James Morrison ft Nelly furtado
Quequ'un M'a dit - Carla Bruni ( 1st lady that can sing n strung a guitar. sexy!)

updates!

labs of physiology, morbid anatomy, pathology, histopathology, cytopathology, haemotopology, bacteriology, serology, virology, parasitology, mycology, tubercolosis, immunology, pharmacology; media prep room,autoclaving room, centrifuge room,anatomy hall, dissection hall, embalming room; and that's only 2/5 of the ground floor. am i doing medic?

updates from my fb status. currently working on a mixed development and medical univ. ardous, enjoyable. cant really find anything much to update tho. things just comes and go. and here's some of my post-studies-photos ;)

archustic workshop visit. the only oracle coming during prep. then we have our dinner @ williams

W&W bowling day out.

KLDW trips; with the strano n eurekas

1st paycheck bbq at my house.

will do more update; if i feel need to. gesundheit

I'm stalking you for the most obvious reason there is

june, wait for me!

Currently in a headlock where I'll be working. But ive made it straight and clear I'll be available by June: so I get some 3 weeks to spend with my mom n sis, cleaning up the house (the termites ate half of our kitchen!), get along with cousins and nephews and niece that I haven't met for a long time.

Ive fin updating my portfolio (RM120!), still waiting for the UAC competition results though. been to 6 interviews, only 2 in my mind now. and gotta give my answer by this evening.

still yet to settle my scholarship (u know how bureaucracy works). hopeful to work, earn some honest money, develop myself to be a better person + designer architect; and we'll see where it goes after that. life's a mystery, aint that exciting?

and my next journey lies yonder ahead!





p/s; wouldnt be updating my blog as I used to be. gesundheit

relief

I do hope that en azmis wb, current, next and past will cont these end of sem gathering. I felt a fatherly presence in this home.

pics credit to bakrihafizhisham

hate the form, love the idea

a peek from my thesis boards :) the presentation will be on this wednesday. wish me luck.

p/s: click on d pics for better view

doomsday

and thus, the time has come.
wish/pray for me friends.

god bless :)

viel gluck urban dwellers!

my urban juniors are having their submission today. all the best n good luck

p/s: here's my urban project from last year. forget that I didnt upload it yet. aigoo.
click on the pic for better view

orgasms

Art is like masturbation. It is selfish and introverted and done for you and you alone. Design is like sex. There is someone else involved, their needs are just as important as your own, and if everything goes right, both parties are happy in the end. — Colin Wright

shooting ORACLES

our batch's photoshoot. pics crdt to kimon (click here)

as usual, clicks on d pics for better view

battle of bun-bun

just a rough sketch during the cambodia trip talk. got inspiration from ryohei hase sensei (click here). really cool works!

n i'm only just about to experiment myself with PS coloring.
starting thesis by this monday. yeah. hell yeah

p/s; as usual, click on the image for better view

clessidra

our pregrad nite organized by the sophomores batch, pyro. cheers :D

pics crdt to kimon, video is by izaidy

muhasabah

the best form of dakwah, for a muslim, is to live a muslim's life, n be a muslim. subhanallah




p/s: im not forcing to believe, rather, seeking and asking to learn. god bless, insyaAllah

newbie

new blog layout for the save orang seletar (click here). the studio master and save seletar blog owner made me a co-author.

now, how do we move forward n lighten things up?

save seletar

some pics of d bazaarevo for seletar programme held in our fac :) pics courtesy and credit of mat nouq (click here). it was a job well done organized by the 3rd years, and enthusiastic participation from the architecture students as a whole.

more infos can be the shift thru the save seletar blog set up by the 3rd year architecture studio (click here)

this one's a credt to safraa

march highlights

just some events our architech society will be having this sem.



btw: a bit tazkirah for pondering;

Assalamualaikum...... Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh ini adalah surat wasiat dari penjaga makam Nabi Muhammad SAW iaitu Sheikh Ahmad Maeine (Saudi Arabia). pada suatu malam ketika membaca Al-Quran di makam Rasulullah SAW. selepas membaca lalu hamba tertidur, dalam tidur hamba bermimpi didatangi Rasulullah SAW lalu bersabda kepada hamba, dalam 60 000 orang yang meninggal dunia di zaman ini tiada seorang pun yang matinya dalam keadaan beriman. (a)isteri tidak mendengar kata suami. (b)orang kaya tidak lagi bertimbang rasa. (c)orang tidak lagi berzakat dan tidak membuat kebajikan. Oleh itu wahai Sheikh Ahmad, hendaklah kamu menyedarkan kepada orang Islam ini supaya membuat kebajikan, kerana hari penghabisan(......Qiamat) akan tiba di mana bintang akan terbit dari langit, sesudah itu matahari akan turun di atas kepala. PESANAN HAMBA INI (a) berselawat - untuk junjungan Nabi kita Muhammad SAW. (b) bertaubatlah - dengan segera sementara Pintu Taubat masih terbuka. (c) Bersembahyanglah (d) berzakat - jangan ditinggalkan. (e) Menunaikan Fardhu haji - bila berkemampuan. (f) Jangan menderhaka kepada kedua ibu bapa.

p/s; sebenarnya ini surat berantai. but ive cut out the so called 'chained' events. isinya lebih penting, kan?

the last trip

probably. before graduating that is.
my batch hits the road to Gunung Berlumut, 6 cars in all.
we get some early morning calories 1st at the famed Kluang station
kopitiam, buy some chickens n stuff at the market, then up we go to
Gunung Berlumut. had some simple bbq and splash ups.
but for the draught, it'll be more fun.

still, love ya oracles.

one happy family


















anak teruna vs anak dara: membasuh ayam


thanks to dosh, our chickens didnt go to waste








highest diving I've commited so far




authentic F.O.C fish spa


ultraman gunung berlumut :)






I dunno why, but we had a lot of these boy band snaps haha










adieau berlumut!

p/s; pics courtesy of ahmad fetri n farah yasin. y lawa sikit from kimon (click here)