Love, Romance & other Recipes for "Happily Ever After". This is an installation by Ye Shufang at the Singapore Art Museum.
------A little girl dreams of getting Wed...someday! She learns to take care of her little Parakeet bird, dress up Barbie Dolls and fry Flat Cakes with Mummy. Of course those are not the only thing she does. There is more. Her blameless radiance would someday mold to be like the gaze of an Eagle. So at this young age, let her be curious to understand how her parents befriend other people and live with each other. Although so little is said of her at this point, she does see much and that does add to soul building. She talks to Parakeet when feeling low but when she is up, lucky Parakeet will get a Trick and Treat session. On a sunny day, little girl would bask by the open window with Parakeet on her index finger. She says a little “I love you” in her most honest and lovingness. Inside the eager eyes of her Parakeet, little girl sees the Prince who was once a Frog in her bedtime story. She recognizes that it is her calling to give that Magic Love Kiss, be the pride and joy of the Man she loves, the Lady of her House. So on a special day, she hank her hair into a girlish Ballerina Bun, slip into a pair of beige Mummy Shoes and let those Pale Pink Pearls hang down to her knees. She walks out to everyone else, showing off her Lacey Gown. Soon she gets a piece of her Cake with a Red Cherry on it and then she thinks of which Candy to eat next-in-order to save the best for last.
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This story was inspired by the photograph i took while in Singapore. I wanted to write about a little girl by seeing through her eyes.
As a child, I remember snapping mental images from stories, tv shows and all kinds of events. They all appear as singular images in my mind.
Here, i basically turn all the object 'little girl' comes in contact with into a Name/Brand/Material.
However, at some point i felt that it is the duty of the writer to describe an object like Dress, Cake, Candy & etc in details as there are various types to a certain object but then again, that would defeat the simplicity, in the act, of just looking at an image of the object.
In another words, this piece should read like a pop-up book where the images are direct and brightly colorful. Imagination is strongly encouraged here. :)
Let me know if it works.
Have fun with it! ;)
well theres always tht little girl or boy in us that sometimes looking at little kids doing grown up stuff we some what find the similiarity.. in fact till today we are still grasping to do grown up stuff..
Actually it does act like a pop-up book. I can just imagine the little book with brightly coloured images and perhaps it could be one of those See-and-Touch children's books where different materials are included on the pages to stimulate the sense of touch.
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