HK 3 control towers in HK

When I was leaving HK, these 3 control towers came to say bye bye. They promised me next time I came they will be waiting to say welcome.

I often complained about this Muji new paper. Actually it’s good for pencil sketches. Anyways I will remove the reaming pages and put the former laid paper as soon as I back home. I don’t enjoy writing on it much.

The lobster

Mixes notes. Movie The Lobster is great. Somehow after watching it, it mixed up with my memories in Da Nang. 

Maybe it’s a different way of journaling: Just adding experiences, imagination and interpretations all together and seeing how fun the result is.

Drawing from Da Nang beach

During the morning walks along Da Nang beach I find peak creativity moments. Actually nothing extraordinary happens. Just the opposite: very daily things. And those normal scenes are full of magnificent details.

Also it’s a powerful moment to bring ideas to mind. They come so fast, like a river of inspiration. I often see other (Western) people walking with headphones and sunglasses, somehow jailed inside instead of absorbing the rich feelings received by the senses from the outside, but that’s another story.

Coffee shops in Da Nang

I did a list of the coffee shops I’ve visiting these weeks. A lot, usually one or two per day.

Da Nang is a great place for writing in cafes. However there is a culture of smoke while taking coffee. Terraces are not usable for that, which is sad. Also many open cafes (no walls) suffer from the same issue. Some of them were great, excellent decoration, atmosphere, tables, etc., but smoke comes in continuously so I had to lower the rating of some of them to 0.5.

I try to not be very picky while writing in cafes, otherwise I will never be confortable. But I really can’t stand aircon or smoke.

HK is magnetic

Hong Kong is so rich in details and keeps many layers of information I’d like to unveil with time. Fascinating place. 

I didn’t plan to stay for many days. In my dreams I would like to spend months there, writing high above in a quiet studio in one of those skyscrapers, but in the higher floors, not in a second floor or so (How inelegant that would be!). But that's is a task for my future self.

In The Mood For Love and Hong Kong

This detail from In The Mood For Love (2000) represents the essence of HK as I imagine it. The realty is slightly different but somehow it keeps the feeling.

So many layers to learn about Hong Kong.