Creative Writing Lab

Conversation with Lou

Conversation with Lou (Alongside) is a vivid collection of Tome Hsienhua Loulin’s writings that reflect on issues directly linked to our daily lives and rarely being examined seriously. Hsienhua is currently based in a southern Hubei city named Qianjiang and sometimes stays in Wuhan, another city in Hubei.

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New Studies and Theories

Focusing on the world of socially, culturally, and economically marginalized groups, New Studies and Theories is a collection recoding our society around people overlooked at large.

Filling Emptiness: On Reading Peter Hessler

Overall, one may conclude, from the popularity in China of Peter Hessler’s books even in the translated versions—mostly sold in the category of travel writing—that there is such a thing universally existed as a desire for critical reflections of oneself from the other side.

Traveling to Faraway Land, then, Farewell to It

Leafing through the pages of certain geography magazines full of picturesque attractions, I saw, in pictures, Tianshan mountain, Qilian mountains, and the Taklamakan Desert in the northwestern part of China.

Another Moon

by Tome Loulin Above me spreads the hot, blue mid-day sky,Far down the hillside lies the sleeping lakeLazily reflecting back the sun,And scarcely ruffled by the little breezeWhich wanders idly through the nodding ferns.The blue crest of the distant mountain, topsThe green crest of the hill on which I sit;And it is summer, glorious, deep-toned…

Wandering through the Alleys

I saw people walking on the street and though it is a small city, I feel being small is also like being on the way to our very origin.

Somewhere

Standing before a souvenir store in the palace museum, though the postcards depicting palaces Chinese imperial members lived in a stately air were still sold hanging on the stock stall, I was no longer interested in buying them, instead, I had watched those cards for a while and then gone.

Lou Hsienhua’s Writing

  • Hangzhou in Photos
  • In some other ways, Qianjiang local cuisine offers comfort and peace, and in other corners of the world we explore the mountainous ways of living
    These are the places where I have occasionally or long-termly resided: Hongkong, Qianjiang of Hubei, Wuhan, Shenzhen, Eastern China…the list extends as I search for a new inspiration to find meanings in natural writing and living. the story … Continue reading “In some other ways, Qianjiang local cuisine offers comfort and peace, and in other corners of the world we explore the mountainous ways of living”
  • Grapefruit’s Podcast Episode 1: How to deal with information asymmetry 打破信息差的实用办法
    Xianhua Lou ｜信箱：letter@loulin.org Grapefruit Podcast is a show that focuses on personal growth, lifestyles, and everything worth of our intellectual growth. This episode focuses on the uneven flow of information that is often the cuase of wrongful decision-making. … Continue reading “Grapefruit’s Podcast Episode 1: How to deal with information asymmetry 打破信息差的实用办法”
  • Views of Hong Kong's Lantau Island, by Xianhua Lou
    Hong Kong Diary
    It’s been three months since I came to Hong Kong to attend my postgraduate study at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. I took Hong Kong’s rail transit MRT from Tai Wei to Hung Hom as part of my … Continue reading “Hong Kong Diary”
  • 吸引力法则与健康生活
    「葡萄柚与生活」：生活｜摄影｜文学｜正念心理；loulin.org 大家好，欢迎收听本期的播客节目【葡萄柚与生活】，我是你的主播葡萄柚。在这个快节奏、压力巨大的时代，我们总是被“努力”、“拼搏”、“内卷”这些词压得喘不过气。那有没有一种方法，不是努力100%，而是调整内在状态，让生活慢下来，同时变得更好？今天我们就来聊一聊“吸引力法则”，英文是 “The Law of Attraction”，看看它是否真的能帮我们从困境中找到突破口。 首先，我们来解释一下什么是“吸引力法则”。 吸引力法则是一个心理学概念，很多人认为它是宇宙运作的一种方式。它的核心思想是： Like attracts like. （同类相吸） What you focus on expands.（你专注的事物会扩大） Thoughts become things.（思想会成真） 用中文来讲，就是：你专注什么，你就吸引什么。你越是专注于积极的、充满希望的事物，你就越容易吸引到这些能量来到你生活中。 举个例子，如果你每天醒来第一件事就是抱怨工作、担心上司、焦虑通勤，那么你的一整天可能都会陷入负能量当中；反之，如果你早上给自己几分钟，静下心来想一想自己想要的生活，设定一个正向的目标，那么你的大脑会更容易捕捉到积极的机会和信号。 这种理念被很多畅销书推广，比如《秘密》（The Secret）这本书，强调的是“visualization”（可视化）和“affirmations”（正向自我肯定）对实现目标的帮助。 我们该如何在生活中实践吸引力法则？ 那我们怎么把吸引力法则运用到实际生活中呢？特别是在我们面临的高压职场和复杂人生中，它真的有用吗？ 答案是——“用得对，它可能真的有帮助。” 第一步：清晰地知道你要什么 If you don’t know what you want, how can the … Continue reading “吸引力法则与健康生活”
  • Film as Poetry: the Poetic Sensibilities of Paolo Sorrentino
    Since when have filmgoers started to expect something truly artistic rather than adopted for popular interests to watch? Perhaps not long after the ongoing artistic revolution that merits personal sensibilities rather than serving a bigger goal in today’s cinematic world around the early 2000s.
  • Filling Emptiness: On Reading Peter Hessler
    Overall, one may conclude, from the popularity in China of Peter Hessler’s books even in the translated versions—mostly sold in the category of travel writing—that there is such a thing universally existed as a desire for critical reflections of oneself from the other side.
  • Letter from Wuhan: Life After Twenty, Some Words to Say
    If, also, I say I started to care even less about news headlines, outraging geopolitical comments, editorials, apparent misinformation of almost everything crucial for our social stability, a lot of disbelief may come around because, as a man, no one would appear able to resist the attraction of politics, perhaps the source of all powers. But, indeed, seeing news outlets propagating that some country or group of people exposes a serious threat to the security of this and that isn’t really helpful to anyone sitting before that screen.
  • Traveling to Faraway Land, then, Farewell to It
    Leafing through the pages of certain geography magazines full of picturesque attractions, I saw, in pictures, Tianshan mountain, Qilian mountains, and the Taklamakan Desert in the northwestern part of China.
  • Soul-searching Reflections on Culture, Resistance, and Our Voice
    With Mydans’ photography, this framed painfulness becomes eternal. One even without prior knowledge about photojournalism would know how hard and heart-rendering it is to experience war, indeed, any kind of war, whether firsthand or second.