Live well, work hard, play play? 
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She watches herself
She is not her reflection, she knows
She asks the mirror
Who shall satisfy me? Would there ever be?
Glass is glass: cold, dead
There can be no answer you don’t already hold
She smiles, bitterly
And erases her glass smile with a mallet
“O mirror, I know
You don’t lie; sometimes I wish you would.”
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Words & design by Kenny Mah. Original image from Wong Kar-wai’s Ashes of Time.
She seizes a shard
And draws a crimson line across her wrist
She is not her reflection
She becomes glass, glass becomes her: cold, dead
Okay… Kinda morbid, man.
The mirror, the harshest truth of all.
Yet truth all the same.
Is she afraid that her aging lines are showing?
Is she afraid that the mirror reflects her true self whom other people do not see?
Mirrors do not lie.
Neither do dreamers who talk in their sleep.
Maggie – she’s a authentic Chinese beauty & a fabulous actress.
I’m a fan.
Who knows what she fears? Your guess is as good as mine.
And I have a story about dream-talking but I’ll leave that or another day…
Love Maggie, love the red, love the picture.
It’s from one of my fave scenes in the film Ashes of Time, a near monologue by Maggie Cheung’s character, which made me think of a woman talking to herself, or her own reflection.
The red is not so much startling as it is beguiling, yes?
Yes, yes, mirror dont lie.
Especially if u got layers of fat around yr middle.
(looking at oneself and groans)
All that eating and sleeping..sigh..
Shucks, don’t remind me of me belly fat.
Ken, this is amazing, and the photo captures what you’ve wrote so well… I couldn’t think of another word than amazing.. “sorry” It is 9 am here and I am starving!
It’s 11:58pm and I just returned from dinner and I’m starving too! Guess that explains my current state. *sees comment above yours*
Okay, I’m sure I still have a couple of slices of mooncake left…
Love the images!
And hey, we both wrote about mirrors at the same time.
We, uhm, mirror each other?
No one depicts ponderous reflections better than Maggie Cheung. Maybe Claude Jade. But Maggie’s my top pick!! I think Ashes of TIme is the only WKW film I have yet to see. Right, to Bitorrent I go!!
I *heart* Maggie Cheung is all I’m gonna say.
Oh, and there’s a new director’s revised version out — Ashes of Time Redux.
i hear it’s SHORTER, not longer than the orignal version. =|
Aye, by a few minutes. And crazy colour saturation. It is somewhat easier to digest, methinks.
Mirror mirror on the wall, where is the right one in this world? Mirror mirror on the wall, you don’t have to tell me, she’s still somewhere out there waiting for me
Don’t keep her waiting too long, bro.
Maggie Cheung looks Japanese in this pic, is she? Beautiful poem too.
No, her character in the film is still Chinese but I guess there is that Nippon effect. Has she ever acted as a Japanese, I wonder, now that you got me thinking of it.
I think she is so good she can act as any character she wants, even Japanese.
She’s simply amazing, is what she is.
*goes all fanboy on maggie*
…terase.
*hugs*
Wow! What a gorgeous pictures of Maggie Cheung…. I haven’t watched her movies for quite long time (I guess the last time was more than 15 years ago… or more…).
Oh she has done some amazing films since then. Her acting truly improves with age. Right now, aside from a deleted cameo in Quentin Tarantino’s latest flick, she has sorta retired from acting though.
Reminds me of a Chinese proverb: pee and look at yourself through the reflection!
LOL
That sure is some crazy proverb, man. LOL
the mirror cracked from side to side.. ! hva great week!
Eeks! We need Super-glue! ASAP!
You have a great week too, dear!
mirror mirror on the wall
who’s the fairest of them all?
mirror cracks.
LOL
ROFL … this has gotta be the funniest comment yet on this post!
Pairing a gorgeous lady with beautiful words….that’s the capability of Kenny
I think the gorgeous lady did all the work, dear CK.
as da one who pauses overlong , & wishes with much regret into the mirror with just a tiny glimse of her haggard soul . there can be no reprieve except from today go out and just do it , for time is short
life has no regrets , plse tell us so
Life has no regrets, just us humans, bro.