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June 28 (Lunar calendar: May 11), 2023 Wednesday | Dawnxisoul393art

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Our thoughts after watching the film " Nomadland ": The story of young director Zhao  Ting   began in the winter of 2011 when the Gypsum Board Company closed its 88-year-old plant in the town of Umpire, Nevada, due to a decrease in demand for gypsum board. This situation led to the loss of hundreds of local workers. To survive, they rushed across the country to create makeshift communities among transient people and spaces. The film documents these elderly Americans living in station wagons and trucks. Like previous generations of migrant workers, they migrate as seasonal, temporary jobs call. Fern, the film's protagonist, is one of them. After Fern loses her husband, she leaves town in an RV. What makes this film unique is that almost all of the people Fern meets on the road are genuine wanderers who are simply talking about their experiences. illustrated by dawnxisoul393 This film, written and directed by Zhao Ting, is a "hybrid of documentary and fiction. Zhao Tin...

March 15 (Lunar calendar: February 24), 2023 Wednesday | Dawnxisoul393art

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《 The Red Violin 》, painted by dawnxisoul393 The Red Violin The name of our painting, The Red Violin, is actually borrowed from the title of a film. That day, while we were painting on a remote beach on Lamma Island, Hong Kong, an incredible scene appeared before our eyes: a small, shiny black dog found a broken red violin on the sea near the beach, ran towards it, and caught it in its mouth, then ran wildly on the beach in excitement. Daniel said that many years ago, he had seen the film "The Red Violin" which won the Oscar for Best Original Soundtrack, directed by the famous Canadian director Francois Girard. The main plot of the film is still fresh in his mind, but he can't remember the names of people and places clearly. Daniel said the story of the film is even more incredible than the plot we just saw.  We listened to the film's violin score on our computers at the beach and our hearts were pounding ...,  American violinist Joshua Bell's performance of the f...