Let's take a walk

The AB Summer Collection is out already with a theme of A Walk in The Summer. Photos of Yong Joon courtesy of Shianco/BYJ Gallery.Many thanks.

Korean Tourism Pic

Got to say this one is charming.. Who would not want to visit Korea if you are greeted with a warm smile like this?

Cosy Yong Joon

Want to know what YJ likes to wear these days? The following photos showed how relax and cosy YJ would like to be even going to work. In here you could obviously say he favoured comfort.. and well style. Some may find it strange but unfortunately  fashion comes in different ways. So see what you think. Personally he looked chilled and happy. I think those are the main thing.

photos courtesy of makishi/byjgallery

Look of Spring

Hi there! Looking forward to the weekend? I am. It's been a very long week for me and full of mixed emotions but at the end of the day still a fully pledge YJ fan. I think most of us sometimes doubt ourselves, what we could do and how things would turn out but the bottom line is what is true in our heart prevails. We sometimes commit ourselves into something to a point that there's no turning back. However it's the lesson that we learned from the experience that gets us through the next round or the next day. Before I get carried away I think the message is quite clear let's look forward to  much colourful days ahead. I leave you this photo shared by Suehan in Quilt. Vibrant colour of spring for a much distinctive man- Yong Joon. Thanks.

 Courtesy of http://blog.naver.com/sdh055/90080555492

Fave BYJ MVs

Hi! Have you seen this recent video by Naomi? I am a big fan of her MV's. It's actually very emotional watching this one and the song is just perfect. Hope you enjoy it.


I also like watching the next MV. It makes you smile watching a happy Yong Joon. Thanks Naomispygame02.

Sunday Painter

Hello!I'm glad I went to the Camera Club meeting last night. I felt so much better when I got back. It's good to see people whom you can share common interest with. Considering there were only two of us females, I was getting used to the fact that the club was obviously dominated by gentlemen. Apart from the usual challenges that we do for each meeting others also brought their precious photographs. I was truly speechless. I felt I really have a long way to go to reach their level. The website is currently under construction and I couldn't wait to share it here with you. It's very inspiring and just makes you want to go out and take pictures.

While sharing some photos last night, one of the gents showed us a photograph of our town taken recently. All of us agreed instantaneously that the photo was very 'Lowry'. I thought, of course! This brought back memories of where I first lived in England- Manchester. The Lowry named after the artist is an art and entertainment center where they hold exhibits of the homegrown artist Laurence S Lowry.

I remember going to one of the exhibits there and at times just had dinner or did some shopping. It's a place to check out when you are in the city.

Mr. Lowry didn't like it when people thought that he was an 'amateur, self- taught and untutored artist'. His aunt thought he was no good with anything, sent him to Art School where he started learning antique and freehand drawing on his evening classes. His inspirations were Pre-Raphaelites like Ford Maddox Brown and Rosetti.

Manchester is the industrial capital of England. When I moved there I found out that the place we lived in was built for the workers who used to work in the  mines or the factories. Evidently in many areas you'd find big factories with chimneys reaching out to the sky like a pipe of tobacco. Lowry disliked living in this environment. But later on he became 'interested in it then obsessed by it,' his very words. 

One of his earlier works was the 'Coming from the Mill' which he thought was the most characteristic mill scene. People walked day in and day out almost  in the same disposition. Perhaps tired as shown by the hunched backs and the manner they walk showed an amount of urgency.

His drawings were different from others made in his time. He was aware of the impressionists in France and the current trend in the Manchester Art scene but still he created a unique form of art which reflected mostly what he felt. Most of his subjects were found in the streets of Manchester and Lancashire.

 "I am a simple man, and I use simple materials: ivory, black, vermilion (red), Prussian blue, yellow ochre, flake white and no medium (e.g. linseed oil). That's all I've ever used in my paintings. I like oils... I like a medium you can work into over a period of time"

"I saw the industrial scene and I was affected by it. I tried to paint it all the time. I tried to paint the industrial scene as best I could. It wasn't easy. Well, a camera could have done the scene straight off."

On his mother  being ill after his father died, "She did not understand my painting, but she understood me and that was enough. After she died, I lost all interest."

"Had I not been lonely none of my works would have happened. I feel more strongly about these people than I ever did about the industrial scene. They are real people, sad people. I'm attracted to sadness and there are some very sad things. I feel like them."

Lowry died at the age of 88 in 1976. Old age didn't stop him from painting and drawing. A collection of his works are carefully kept in one of the award-winning buildings in Manchester bearing his name.

"If people call me a Sunday painter I'm a Sunday painter who paints every day of the week!"

Pot calling the kettle black

Hi everyone! I was kind of expecting something nice today (since it's a Monday), read a good article or find something interesting. It looks like I'm going to express a little rambling which to start with I'd rather not talk about but I think the feeling I have about some issues have been put aside for a while and it's coming out of the pot boiling away. So let's plod along ok?

Being the captain of this little boat I do think about where this journey would sail in the end. This year I'm going to change the domain and wondering do I have to keep the Bae Yong Joon idea. Sure I started it out for him but after a while I am seriously considering to reshape it using my own  after all I have to move on that is if I have to continue.

I touched on this aspect because to be honest I am sick of hearing grunts on YJssi, the marketing company, all these deal on how the projects are handled. Why I'm annoyed? In my opinion those who live near him or he tend to see more in terms of launching projects (the market) are very lucky. If you are  a true fan that would be bliss but for those who live far, they are not so lucky at all. Plus let's not forget this is show business, there is certain amount of politics and selling of these and that which unfortunately the unpleasant  side. People have the choice to buy them or  join in any event. It's your prerogative. If you think you have enough of all these, then resign and do things you'd like or forgotten to do.