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am 2025-12-25
“Liberty Leading the People” (1830) by Eugène Delacroix. It’s basically a visual “poster” for a revolution. What you’re looking at (scene + story) The painting shows a chaotic street battle in Paris. People are climbing over rubble and bodies, pushing forward through smoke and gunfire. At the center is a woman holding the French tricolor …
by Marco Polo on Netflix.
am 2026-01-06
Kung Fu. It means, "supreme skill from hard work." Hundred Eyes: A great poet has reached Kung Fu. The painter, the calligrapher, they can be said to have Kung Fu. Even the cook, the one who sweeps steps, or a masterful servant, can have Kung Fu. Practice. Preparation. Endless repetition. Until your mind is weary, and your bones ache. Until you're too tired to sweat. Too wasted to breathe. That is the way, the only way one acquires Kung Fu. …