Setting the scene
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A room of her own
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The trouble with transitions
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Copy that
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Writing as an observational science
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The power of an entrance
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文字的脈象
我在大陸居住期間，有幸遇上一位好中醫，被她針灸的過程神奇極了：每當她给我施針，我皮下一感到一股流動的氣，她就會立馬停手，她似乎知道已刺進穴位，不需要把針插得更深。
Carrie Lam’s value as cautionary tale
“Here’s the smell of the blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand” – soContinue Reading
一舞動四方
我中學時期愛上了舞蹈，等到我讀大學了我對舞蹈的愛就延申到對舞蹈評論的愛，紐約時報的resident dance critic Alastair Macaulay 的文章我尤其喜歡，凡是他筆下的我認為有啟發性的文字，我都會存下來；閑來拿出來反覆玩味，是一種精神享受。
