Even nowadays we can ask AI to help us sketch illustrations, we still have to draw ourselves. Not because we are talents but the road to unleash creativity can bring us the state of well being.
Alvin Cheng is an illustrator who focuses on urban sketching and bird view iPad illustrations of places. He also stresses the relationship between creativity, craft and well being, especially under the information/digital age.
All these can form to become context, which creates stories that we love. That's why my sketches have surrounding scenes which contribute to context I noticed.
I have longed for visiting this beautiful Victorian pumping station in Abbey Wood, east London, and it finally came true this summer.
I am now here to share how the value of productivity gradually shaped my life since attending schools, how I live with this attitude and find ways to make my life easier.
Even though I prefer reading ebooks borrowed from my library app (Libby) these days, I still visit libraries in different places because of their architecture, interior design and especially local information which is not available online.
When I was studying sociology in university, I learned a term called commodification, an idea of how capitalism works that even humans can be a commodity trying to "be sold successfully” to make a living. The latest movie Materialists focuses on love and marriage.
I know the place Cheam when I started travelling from Putney to Wimbledon by bus route 93, which ends North Cheam in the south. Driven by curiosity, I googled and decided to visit there…
Remember my previous View Hotel stay for my birthday? About a month later, I stayed another one which was in Folkestone.
During my trip to Bath in March this year (2025), I stayed in two hotels. Besides Travelodge on Sunday which had a very great price for SuperRoom, I also tried Z Hotel.