While we are still celebrating the Lunar New Year, I got a message from Australia Post (@auspost) regarding some of its newly released stamps, especially those highlighting the Year of the Fire Horse.
I love these beautiful illustrated horses by Australian artist Chrissy Lou (@deciphertheday) (2 out of 3 displayed here, which are the Plum Blossom Fire Horse and the Fire Lantern Horse). It seems to me that many of her works are modern takes of traditional Chinese themes and aesthetics. I certainly would like to be able to do that in writing (but how?).
Also learned about the so-called DigiStamps, which are activated via QR code, allowing collectors to own unique, digital versions of physical stamps. Apparently these downloadable image files are also useful for digital crafting, printing, or cutting. I was told they are just some sort of NFT – non-fungible token, “a unique digital identifier that is recorded on a blockchain and is used to certify ownership and authenticity” according to Wikipedia. Not really understanding any of this, so the term “digistamp” still sounds more attractive to me.
Voices under the Sun 陽光下的聲音 