Four steps to succeed

I heard someone said that there are four steps to succeed: Stand the loneliness,  withstand the temptation, understand how to give up and learn to choose. I was impressed by these four steps. Everyone's life is different, we cannot always stay together, someone afraid loneliness, so they decrease their moving speed or change their direction to stay with others.  Time is precious for everyone, cause it's limited. how to save our time?  We cannot always care about others, we need to find our own way rather than follow others. We should very clear about what what we really need, what is our dream. If we are clear about this, no temptation will seize us. We also will know how to choose, what we can give up, thus our lives won't be too stressed.

Paloma Picasso

She is the daughter of an artist, and yet she draws,” Buck wrote.  She is an heiress, but she neither dresses in couture nor belongs to the jet set, though the jet set claim her as a name to know. Her name is Paloma Picasso.  I remember that Paloma once said: “I always thought that you breathe, you eat, you go to sleep, and you draw,”  If I have to chose a idol, Paloma is my idol, not because of her outstanding design but her attitude towards design.  She views her jewelry as more than just decoration, she wants that women feel empowered by her design.

As a christian

I received a new crystal cross from my mother. It will remind me to keep my heart pure and holy like this crystal cross.  And it will always encourage me to help others, to be a good person. My spiritual birthday is 28, April in this year, I remember my church leader told me that being a Christian means that you are changed on the inside, not controlled from the outside. It means that your heart has been changed by the presence of God. It does not mean that you are required to go to church, required to pay tithes, required to be good, required to do anything in order to stay a Christian. It means you desire to do those things because you've been changed.

The fashion in the oil painting

I went to national museum for the "Princely Treasures, from the house of liechtenstein".  This exhibition helped me to have a better understanding of 18th,19th century. This oil painting is one of my favorite artwork--- Potrait of Alexandra of Denmark.  As we can see from the picture, Alexandra's fashion style reflected the times in which she lived.  The edwardian taste for opulence was largely inspired by the trends set during the "Belle Epoque" period in france. Woman's fashion favoured feminine, flowing silhouettes. In the 19th century, corset was very popular at that time, so the curve of her waist is perfect and tight.  Except this, sleeves were tailored to be tight at the top  but flare below the elbow, drooping over a tight cuff also a symbol fashion at that time.

ARCHITECTURE

This week I learned a lot about the development of the architecture from 18th century to 21th century. i prefer the contemporary style, which is more variety, make me feel free. In the 18th, 19th century, most of the buildings are in a similar style. Nowadays, you can see many amazing designs with creative outline, which break the traditional form. Yes, break the rules, only in this way we can renew and improve our life.  I think contemporary architecture could help us express our genneration's emotion and spirit, such as the picture below, the modern architecture from Valencia, Spain.

The fashion in Oliver Twist

OLIVER TWIST is a classic, popular Dickens tale that follows a well mannered, good natured young orphan boy in early 1800s England.  In this passage, I want to have a closer look about the fashion  part inside this movie.  The pictures shown how we can distinguish the different social statues of these people. Except their living environment and behaviour, the clothes and accessories are played a very important role. As we can see from the pictures, different person's cloth is in different design and the high classic person wears many layers, the patterns are very fancy in avictorian style.

What a difference God makes

Don't judge your chid's dream. I heard a story before, there was a father who  a successful merchant,  he wanted his son to go into the family grocery.  But his son loves art, he wanted to be an artist.  The father thought his son have no future,  but finally, his son become a brilliant and repitable impressionism artist, his son is Claud Monet.  The difference Jesus makes to children is that every child have their own special talent.  Someone may clever at music or painting, someone is good at math or science.  All of these are very worthy,  this is God's special gift to every child, this is our treasures.  Parents should help their children keep these precious jewels, help them make a difference.