Casual moments

mum and dada
mum and dada
mum and I
mum and I
dad in an old pastel drawing done in 1981
dad in an old pastel drawing done in 1981
mum
mum
grandma painted on magnolia petal found in my garden
grandma painted on magnolia petal found in my garden
dad
dad
mum
mum
match maker of mum and dad on magnolia petal
match maker of mum and dad on magnolia petal
grandma's sister
grandma's sister
mum
mum
self portrait at St. Peter's, Vatican
self portrait at St. Peter's, Vatican
self portrait at St. Paul's Secondary, Hong Kong
self portrait at St. Paul's Secondary, Hong Kong

upside down images

the true images before reaching our normal vision

sometimes

give one some insight 

especially subjects that are too familiar looking:

mum and dad

mum and I

mum alone when she was young

dad at his study in Macdonnell Road

mum wearing the usual elegant outfit

seen sideways or upside down

A question

an invitation

to a slower contemplation

of faces that we love

of faces that we thought we knew

who are they

in one's inner vision

Then there are other moments

of loved ones who we thought we forgot

just because their once familiar faces were no longer vivid

because they left us when we were little, or quite sometime ago:

the face of grandma's sister

or grandma herself

or even

the best friend of grandma- the match maker of mum and dad

upside down or sideway glance

are not important

what is important

is that they still touch you deeply

while trying hard to remember

those expressions on the thought to be

too familiar faces

Happy Easter 2016

( works shown on shells, cups, procelain plates , petals or cardboard were done mainly in 2015, except for pastel drawing done in 1982 )

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