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Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. ~Leonardo da Vinci

My Music Hero!! - by Azlan

Briefly on RATM

In this post, i will tell you a little information about my all-time favourite band, RATM. Formed in Los Angeles in the early '90s out of the wreckage of a number of local groups: vocalist Zack de la Rocha (the son of Chicano political artist Beto) emerged from the bands Headstance, Farside, and Inside Out; guitarist Tom Morello (the nephew of Jomo Kenyatta, the first Kenyan president) originated in Lock Up; and drummer Brad Wilk played with future Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder. Rounded out by bassist Tim Bob (aka Tim C., born Tim Commerford), a childhood friend of de la Rocha's, they marked a new era in music industry with their bombastic, fiercely polemical music, which brewed sloganeering leftist rants against corporate America, cultural imperialism, and government oppression into a Molotov cocktail of punk, hip-hop, and thrash. They disbanded in 2000 nevertheless because de la Rocha desired to go solo and the other members went on with their new vocalist, Chris Cornell of Soundgarden in 2002. I particularly like both their music and lyrics and in spite of their wreckage, and went on to separate ways, they still are the best for me.

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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. ~Aristotle

An essay on my love - by Azhari

Lomographer: Aishah

Camera: Colorsplash

I was brought into the theatre scene when I was at primary five by my class teacher whose unfortunately I forgot what her name was. She casted me to play a small role in a school play entitled Sakaratul maut. I played the role of a doctor back then and honestly the role was so small I think I had only less than five lines given , but every second that I was on the stage were such incredible an experience. When I was in secondary school in Sek Men Dato Penggawa Timur, I was summoned by my Bahasa Malaysia teacher, Cikgu Normala for my lack of discipline in the class. Along with me, were few of my class mates which happened to be my best friends. We were lectured and she proposed that we enroll ourselves to the theatre club because she thought that we were really bunch of noisy and out of control students and we ought to channel it to a batter cause. To my surprise, we agreed to join it mainly for the wise reason that we might be able to skip more classes and the fact that our theatre club was desperately looking for people to participate in the grand Pekan Teater Antara Sekolah-Sekolah Peringkat Johor Bahru that annually held in JOTIC JB (Johor Tourism Centre).

I was so ecstatic when for the first time under the guidance of my first true theatre guru, Cikgu Saini, our team won the competition. Since then we were really became serious and committed to the club and won several other theatre competitions including Pekan Teater Johor, Pekan Teater Berasaskan Teknologi Peringkat Johor and the most memorable win that I was always proud of is we got ourselves in the third place in Pekan Teater Kebangsaan Antara Sekolah Malaysia despite us being labelled the underdog. We even changed the name of our club to ANAK DATO’ and today ANAK DATO is still going strong in theatre scene in Johor.

After SPM I got myself enrolled in IIUM. I wasn’t sure whether I can still participate in theatre but to my delight, I found a great community of theater lovers in BEN and soon after that, I got my first chance to participate in a theatre production produced by my seniors. Despite being more active in technical team during high school, I was surprised when our seniors chose me to act in their play entitled the importance of being earnest as one of the lead actor.

Since then, I just can’t stop and with bunch of my great friends we soon became the young activists of theatre scene in UIA and since our first year up until now, we managed to produce several plays and various theatre based events inside and outside of UIA. We even established a legal production company named The Masquerade and performed in Istana Budaya, hence making my dream a reality. Having to live among a healthy group of theatre lovers and activists in UIA particularly among the BENL community, I am proud to say that I have spending my life in a full worthy kind of living…

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Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the princess in the fairy tale 'til its appropriate liberator comes to set it free. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Street art

Spot this turtle graffiti on the green colour wall beside one of the busiest street in front of KL Central market, this make a great street art especially in Malaysia.

Picture taken- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 19/8/07)
Posted in General, Street + Art, Graphic by Yeoh

Often misunderstood by many as an act of vandalism, street art has evolved rapidly over the years. Now street artistes are free to express themselves better in certain special located places.

The motivations and objectives that drive street artists are as varied as the artists themselves.
Some do it for fun while others are more political in nature and often express their political agenda on the wall.

A collection of graffiti, stickers, sick designs and more, curated by Manny Hernandez : www.streetartshow.wordpress.com

Double Exposure

What is double exposure?

Double exposure is when one film is used twice in the same camera or different camera. When you have finished using one roll of film, you wind back the film and reuse it. The result is an overlapping images in your photos. (For automatic winding analog, take a negative and stick a double sided tape at the end. Put the negative in the film roll and wind it in. After that try pulling out the negative. The film should stick to the negative when you pull out).

Lomographer: Aishah

Camera: Coloursplash + LCA

But hey why limit yourself to two times only? You can do multiple too. Just be careful not to over do it or it might over expose.