畢無正業 BMJY • Head in the Clouds (Feet on the Ground)

今集應該係有史以來講得最多，edit 得最少既一集，thank you Juniper and Yewie for a lovely time and we’re super glad to have you join our conversation 🌪️
講返工 講動物 講 the food industry 講 advocacy and activism in this day and age 🌋 it will only get more difficult but 呢個世界仲有得救 - we will save us 🛶

(00:40) homerun season

(07:20) on animals; “we only conserve what we love”

our disconnect with nature// we are nature

my octopus teacher (2020)

(17:28) a tangent: sports and the patriarchy

(18:52) finding our footing under inequitable systems

(20:00) jasmin - on living more awake, being a doctor in HA

(25:55) juniper - on food beyond sustenance, working in the food industry

(38:35) no wasted time; our lived experiences as a lens

(40:22) a tangent: food and animals

scarcity mindset

(43:05) a semblance of alignment in dissonance:

against purist politics and perfectionism in activism

on building bridges// access, omelas and palestine

(49:10) a tangent: distance and morality

(52:08) food as a decolonized common language

(55:35) balancing radicalism and palatability

(57:48) media portrayal: the “madleen effect”

naming the roots of your advocacy; shadow work

(01:04:20) adaptive activism and understanding nuance

(01:08:18) longer forms of learning & communication;

owning your narrative and respecting others’

(01:10:50) concluding remarks

"It was worth it after all. If we don't create, there's nothing."

(03:28)《蒼鷺與少年》電影 觀後感 🎬 The Boy and the Heron / (05:25)《你想活出怎樣的人生?》讀後感 📖 How Do You Live? / (07:22)《宮﨑駿與蒼鷺》紀錄片 觀後感 🎥 Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron

(10:10) 吉卜力工作室的匠人精神 | Studio Ghibli in times of AI / (13:00)「死亡正在慢慢地接近我」| Man vs Old Age: “the bodies are piling up” / (17:22)「我打開了自己的腦袋」| Going Crazy for your Craft

(22:10) 關於失去的作品推薦 | Honorary Mentions: Works on Grief and Loss:《海邊的曼徹斯特》Manchester by the Sea /《再見魅了緣》A Ghost Story /《陰宅異事》The Haunting of Hill House /《魔怪屋》Monster House

最後竟然要好似 Wicked 咁分 part 1 & 2 - 呢集主要講 Simone de Beauvoir 既 A Very Easy Death 📖 下一集會講宮崎駿既「蒼鷺與少年」(The Boy and the Heron) and the book that inspired the film: 吉野源三郎既《你想活出怎樣的人生？》(How Do You Live?)

“The knowledge that because of her age my mother’s life must soon come to an end did not lessen the horrible surprise: she had sarcoma. Cancer, thrombosis, pneumonia: it is as violent and unforeseen as an engine stopping in mid-flight.”

(00:22) intro: time and memory - interstellar / time shelter / eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

- “the past settles into afternoons” 🐈

(05:52) grief and loss: “grief doesn’t happen in a vacuum” / (09:36) a very easy death by simone de beauvoir / (12:30) parallels with being mortal / (16:18) the (good) doctor’s role/ (21:26) “an upper class death” / (23:28) “she was of an age to die” / (25:42) the rest is confetti - the haunting of hill house

Tracklist:

好好 (想把你寫成一首歌) by Mayday / The Boy and the Heron (Original Soundtrack) by Joe Hisaishi / Robot Dreams (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Alfonso de Vilallonga / "When the city sleeps, the stars come alive" Playlist by Shinki Uta

Links:

TED Talk: Nora McInerny - We don't "move on" from grief. We move forward with it (https://youtu.be/khkJkR-ipfw?si=JFc4N7LTZXoeZ-Fe)

Letters Live: Benedict reads Nick Cave's letter about grief (https://youtu.be/lMsqmYncEfg?si=eboeU4ZUj2Ui3Hw3)

“I died as a fruit fly, at dusk. The sunset of the day (of my life) was beautiful.” - Georgi Gospodinov, The Physics of Sorrow

(00:02) The Urge(ncy) to Document / (00:55) nomedicineonadeadplanet / (02:22) Our Audionotes / (04:45) Visiting the Anne Frank House

(07:42) Part I: The Ephemeral / (08:25) The Physics of Sorrow by Georgi Gospodinov / (13:32) Goodbyes and Small Losses / (15:45) Robot Dreams (2023) / (17:50) Things Unsuited to Collecting (A List of the Perishable)

(19:02) Part II: The Sublime, or The Subjective / (20:00) Audionote: The Author / (22:55) Buffalo Shit, or The Sublime Is Everywhere / (25:00) 我們的青春日誌 The Musical

(31:38) Part III: The Living / (33:58) Bird Rescue / (37:30) Manifestos

Audionote Archive: (39:48) Opening the Blinds / (40:58) External Pressure / (43:36) Goodbyes are Hard / (45:25) Bad at Poetry / (46:25) Close to the Fire / (48:35) Social Media / (50:32) Anthropology Class / (53:10) Sharing Stories

錄於上月中，去旅行前，當時見山還在。

想分享最近讀過很喜歡的三本書，為每本配上的都是當天閱讀時的人生配樂。願我們在變幻無常的時代，繼續用書本、音樂、電影寫日記。

Recorded in rainy mid March while down with a cold ☕️ may we continue to find comfort in the warm embrace of books, music and film.

Piranesi 🌊 (03:25)

In my mind are all the tides, their seasons, their ebbs and their flows.

Circe 🏜️ (09:45)

All this while I have been a weaver without wool, a ship without the sea. Yet now look where I sail.

All the Lovers in the Night ✨ (18:55)

Why does the night have to be so beautiful? As I walk through the night, I remember what Mitsutsuka said to me. "Because at night, only half the world remains."

Epilogue: human curation in times of AI (30:50)

Special thanks to Dr Langenberg, Nim Yin, Ms Ma and Suzanne for making this episode possible， it has been the most serendipitous journey 🪴

Timestamps

(00:00) an excerpt read by the author / (00:36) introduction: “from scalpel to spade” / (04:55) our journey reading the book / (06:58) who should read the book

I. the world of medicine - (08:42) about barber surgeons / (11:45) med school: “a choice must be made” / (18:00) clinical years: “call me doctor” / (21:30) making a diagnosis in the modern day 🔬

II. home and heritage - (24:35) “a human salad”: on race and labels / (28:25) on reading and local bookstores 📖

III. doctors and patients - (32:15) the role of doctors: to comfort always

IV. transition - (35:58) the surgeon/ gardener link / (40:26) “what is your profession?” / (41:55) journey to ithaka 🚃

43:48 epilogue: “the life you can save” by peter singer 🪟

Tracklist

新青年理髮廳 - 世界是一列由東向西駛往的火車 / Serrini - 我在流浮山滴眼水.jpg / RubberBand - Juntos / Kiri T - One Day I Might Have A Say / Lam1Hey - 見字飲水 / 林家謙 - 流離者的海 / The Hertz - 爆煲急救指南 / 林家謙 - 聽風 / RubberBand - Easy / RubberBand - 未來見 / Swing - 1984 / 姜濤 - 今天只做一件事 / RubberBand - Be Right Back / RubberBand - 瞬間看地球

Book recommendation

"The Life You Can Save" by Peter Singer - free download: https://www.thelifeyoucansave.org/the-book/ (audiobook available on Spotify)

Creating has never been easy, esp in HK2023™️ 🍞 第一次見面就錄 podcast 真係好癲, but it was such a nice and cozy chat, thank you for your trust 🫗 雖然冇專業錄音設備 thus the TST ambience (ft. 船聲/ 直升機聲/ 風笛聲/ 鼓聲/ 海浪聲) 但希望你地會 enjoy 🛋️

To live in a city like hk, to make the conscious decision to create (in whatever form and capacity) and to stay - here's to all those who 仍然選擇創作、仍然選擇善良 ⚓️

Timestamps:

(00:00) finally a collab episode 終於可以坐埋一齊 / (01:18) meeting geoff - dance instructor vs choreographer 導師與排舞師的身分 / (05:00) dance genres and evolving styles 數之不盡既舞種 / (10:22) how it all started: a love for hip hop 就係要型 🕺🏽 / (12:08) dancing in the states 在美國留學的日子 / (13:55) bringing money into the equation 就係要搵錢 💵 / (16:12) dancing in hong kong 返到黎香港 / (19:13) passion and talent 夠唔夠愛 夠唔夠叻 / (21:42) tipping point 轉捩點 / (30:22) a price for everything: commercializing your art vs sustaining your passion 藝術與金錢的兌換 / (32:50) money matters (in hong kong) 在香港 拼命去生存 / (33:28) time and space to create 創作需時 🛋️ / (38:00) keeping an open mind to new possibilities 機會係留俾 / (39:32) what defines “the artist”: creating and staying inspired 創作需時 2.0 / (41:55) preventing (creative) burnout by geoff / (46:40) navigating (F&B) burnout by juniper / (56:28) holding on to family / (01:01:40) 阿mo’s incident: what now

epilogue - (01:07:15) the luxury of time 有時間去放空嗎 / (01:08:06) the luxury of space 有空間去創作嗎 / (01:08:50) local culture: organic vs forced / (01:11:30) hope for the future

@locusdance @g3offlin

>> 大家好！讀後回覆是基本禮儀 ⋆☆ ⊹°˖

Timestamps

非劇透部分 || (00:06) 喂，點解仲有人未睇架 / (02:22) director’s cut vs 電視版 / (03:02) 實驗性 - 演員 / (04:15) acting class and casting / (05:10) 實驗性 - 題材 / (05:36) 拍得有啲靚 / (06:50) 又有啲深度 / (08:26) 呢度係邊度 / (09:58) 現實總是殘酷的

要劇透了 準備好未 || (10:50) 那年，剩下我們，綻放如花 / (13:16) 結構與伏筆 / (13:46) 每集集名 / (14:38) 故事線ss / (15:52) 演員都揸緊宗旨 / (16:20) 你都有今日啦 / (16:32) 角色之間關係可以深入🤏🏻🤏🏻 / (18:00) CP: no complaints but / (19:38) 做人不要那麼狗 / (20:18) 我最鍾意嘅感情線 / (20:34) 推薦！香港秘密搜查官 / (20:50) 可愛嘅小朋友 / (21:20) 我都係打份工啫 人工唔包 / (25:58) 成為制度一部份，成為自己討厭的人 / (26:32) 記得，成長 / (27:00) 電視劇 vs 小説 / (29:30) 人性的掙扎與綻放 / (32:16) 倖存者的心情 / (34:06) 結尾 and aftertaste / (38:16) Transcendence

Timestamps

1. Oppenheimer - (00:45) Barbenheimer / (01:58) Matters of interest / (04:15) Sound design and duality / (07:12) Soundtrack by Ludwig Göransson / (08:25) Christopher Nolan’s storytelling / (11:42) Ethical deliberations / (15:05) 35mm vs IMAX / (17:26) First vs second viewing / (19:22) Final scene

2. Our Changing Climate - (21:00) Recent happenings / (22:05) Acknowledging facts / (23:32) Humans and hope / (26:38) Inaction and its implications / (27:10) Action plan: baby steps / (28:46) Unless…

Tracklist

Oppenheimer (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)by Ludwig Göransson - Fission / Can You Hear The Music / A Lowly Shoe Salesman / Quantum Mechanics / Gravity Swallows Light / Meeting Kitty / Destroyer Of Worlds

Define Dancing by Thomas Newman, WALL-E / Sun (Instrumental) by Sleeping At Last, Atlas: Space / Funeral For A Tree by John Powell, Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax

生活在消費主義盛行，周圍都係速食時裝既社會，我地應該如何自處，如何好好為未來、為生態、為 the only earth we have 作出選擇？好喜歡聽 Juniper 同 Yewie 既分享，因為 they never fail to give me so much hope. 其實我地真係有好多野可以做，日常生活中既每個小抉擇、小習慣，this is what counts. 希望大家聽完都會有所共鳴，搵到同行既動力同決心，because it takes every single one of us to make a change 🌱🌎

Timestamps

(01:15) 關於消費主義、生態平衡意識 the roles of consumerism and eco-consciousness / (02:50) 不耐用物料 use of indurable materials / (04:47) 重生的心跳 having faith in humanity / (05:15) 洗頭水與護髮素 shampoos, conditioners and SLS / (07:20) 防曬用品與海洋健康 sunscreens: OMC, oxybenzone v.s. reef-safe, ocean-friendly options / (10:40) 漂綠: 我地好環保架 green-washing / (11:45) 綠色資本主義 green capitalism: lack of visibility and equity

(13:40) 速食時裝 let’s talk fast fashion / (17:32) 二手時裝兩面睇 thrift culture and intentions of purchasing #vintage / (20:40) 不浪費的習慣 the life cycle of clothing (and food): dig deeper, think louder, choose wiser / (23:02) 關於回收 about recycling / (23:55) 源頭減廢 being intentional with waste / (24:35) 回收 = 環保? the cost of recycling / (30:12) the power of intention, passion, self-awareness

(31:45) 共同的努力 coalition and solidarity @badactivistcollective / (33:10) beauty in simplicity, recognition, collaboration, hope / (34:38) cookie-cutter ‘activism’ / (35:01) some good news / (37:32) do it imperfectly, but consistently 🪴

(38:45) “circle of life” - lion king, tiny desk 🦁

Music credits

“Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington: The Complete Sessions 1961” - 1. Duke’s Place / 2. I’m Just A Lucky So And So / 3. Cotton Tail / 4. Mood Indigo / 5. Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me / 6. The Beautiful American / 7. Black And Tan Fantasy / 8. Drop Me Off In Harlem / 9. The Mooch / 10. In A Mellowtone / 11. It Don’t Mean A Thing

“Circle of Life” Lion King, Tiny Desk