Fall maple in a
sunny afternoon made a
good drawing session
2022-11-12
Autumn maple in a windy day
2022-11-08
Deep focus
Recently I realized that I have not spent enough time for deep thinking and I can notice that my ideas started to suffer. Some of the causes were self-inflicted, such as letting myself distracted by meetings, slacks, or emails.
Regaining self-control is in order.
2022-10-15
Forgotten Z-transform
A cousin asked me a question regarding Z-transform which I already forgot about.
2022-10-12
I saw the moon but almost missed the cat
The round bright moon was hard to miss during my evening walk, in sharp contrast to Melon the black neighborhood cat.
2022-10-09
A pair of shoes with colorful interior
On the doormat rested this pair of shoes bathing in sunlight shining through the door glass.
What is the design intention for their colorful interior and bland exterior, maybe giving the wearer the internal confidence that she doesn’t have to show off to the outside world?
2022-10-04
Your life experience is no less valuable than your career achievement
In a meeting with a collaborator she told me that she is starting her post-doc in Tokyo and plans to work on an additional project during her spare time. I shared my thoughts about exploring Tokyo (and Japan in general) and how I regret for not even visiting the great wall during my 3-year stay in Beijing (I was considered a workaholic in MSR Asia).
If you just relocated for a new job, explore the new city/country/culture/food/people/etc. instead of just your work. As I progress in my life I miss more about not exploring a place than having an extra career achievement.
2022-09-11
I dreamed about making an U-turn on my bike over the side of a school bus
This is a dream I had over a year ago about taking a U-turn on my bike over the side of a school bus in a junction of the University avenue at Stanford university. (The dream might relate to my once getting stopped by a campus police for over-speeding on a bike.)
I have been having difficulty sketching what I saw in my dream, and finally decided to do the best I could with some visual references (bike turn, school bus).
Stable diffusion seems to have difficulty with such out-of-sample case.
2022-09-05
Impression of a sunset
Pink and blue left over
by the hot summer air in
the evening walk
A dried spider found under a heat wave
Dried spider found on
the scorching stone ground baked
by a heat wave