Monday, June 05, 2006

Always coming home



My last night in London, a day before I return from a three and a half month trip. Singapore is my home, but this flat in London was where I was reborn. London is where I learnt to be independent, where I broke away from my social programming of being an engineer and spent a year in dance school. This flat was my sanctuary. It also provided me shelter on my way to Chicago and on my way home.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just on the side of art...

Has your experience in dance school allowed you to practice/think differently from other photographers? If so, how?

It's interesting to think how dance could influence photographic style.

Dan

Heng said...

Learning dance is a complete interface with an artform. My body started to awake and I felt more alive than I ever have at the end of dance school.

I carry that incredible experience of being alive with me. It does not happen so much with photography, but there are moments when I am only concious of the act of photography, and then I am alive again.

ShutterBug said...

Welcome Home to Singapore Heng!

Jeff L. said...

it's only because u allowed others to input the program into ur mind on the platform of education

forget all that u learnt and see through the eye in ur heart. ur heart has more than the outside world has to offer

photography is like a pheonix waiting to be reborn. at the end of its life, the pheonix burst into flames and in its ashes lies a new lease of life