Friday, September 9, 2011

My Daily News: 鎧謙的私人飛機 (Private Jet)

My Daily News: 鎧謙的私人飛機 (Private Jet): 鎧謙畫了一架飛機要載媽咪,然後唸著唸著...阿公坐這裡,然後接著阿嬤,阿琪,小慧阿姨,阿倫,珮珮,還有,......閃電坐後面. (閃電是阿琪從不帶出門的狗, 我想還是鎧謙懂閃電, 不忘帶他出去兜兜風)

鎧謙的私人飛機 (Private Jet)

鎧謙畫了一架飛機要載媽咪,然後唸著唸著...阿公坐這裡,然後接著阿嬤,阿琪,小慧阿姨,阿倫,珮珮,還有,......閃電坐後面. (閃電是阿琪從不帶出門的狗, 我想還是鎧謙懂閃電, 不忘帶他出去兜兜風)

3歲的鎧謙: 他的小人和挖土機


我在另一本書中(Introduction to Integrating Music, Art, and Theater in Elementary Education) 寫到小孩和他們的畫透露出成長階段及發展過程. 鎧謙的認知發展有比一般小孩成熟 (Artistically). 鼓勵小孩多方面接觸 (exploration), 提供參考:
Children at this stage already evince emotional development, giving thoughts and feelings to inanimate objects and challenging their perception and memory. Their motor skills are more mature, and they are able to draw lines and angles. The coordination of hand and eye movements are increasingly challenged, enhancing skills in formal rendering of recognizable objects. Drawings tend to evince demands made on controlling markings. Children sometimes name objects based on their preferences. (based on Viktor Lowenfeld children's 6 stages of artistic development from Creative and Mental Growth).

鎧謙說...

我好奇的問, 在幹麻?...  
....在散步, 我才遲遲想起這一暮色....他和他爸爸的背影. oh, 原來他都記得. Amazing!!
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Kids' Shoes

Crocs Boot From endless.com

Winter is coming, i am thinking to get a pair of boots for Alex. Crocs has a good selection of kids' shoes. they are so cute, and available in many different colors.
Winter is blistering in GR, Michigan. So we need to be prepared for it, things got to have, mitts, boots, scarf, winter coat to keep you warm from the blistering weather.

My Research on Manga

From Artmaking to Identity Making (available at Amazon.com)

This study examines the identity construction of five manga fans by exploring their creation of comics and their cosplay. Certain identity themes emerged through a Lacanian interpretation using a qualitative/interpretivist paradigm, and semi-structured, in-depth interviews with participants, including their cosplay photos as well as their manga drawings and stories. Specifically, Lacan's concepts of the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real were used to interpret these participants' identities. The study showed not only that identity is not always determined by the Symbolic (conscious act), but also that it is governed by unconscious desire and fantasy (of the Real). While unconscious desire (Real) continues to break the fixibility of identity, the Symbolic remains an oppressed ruling Other that determines which identity is positive and which negative. The Imaginary is a most important outlet in terms of identity building for the subject, the freedom to make changes, and the power to heal one's fixity against change (provide hope) in light of the Other's gaze.