Chow Yiu Fai_7749_New Edition_Taiwan Exclusive

Price: NT$350 ***This product ships to Taiwan only. For Hong Kong/Macau shipping, please visit the "Bright Light Culture" Pinkoi store. Author: Chow Yiu Fai Publisher: Bright Light Culture Dimensions: 150mm x 210mm Pages: 216 Publication Date: May 2020 ISBN: 978-988-8716-10-4 [Synopsis] This is the new edition of "7749". A heartfelt essay by renowned Chinese lyricist Chow Yiu Fai, discussing creativity and the creative process. Chow Yiu Fai spent nearly nine months conceptualizing and launching "Project 7749". The 49 so-called "creativity exercises" within are not intended to teach readers how to become novelists, poets, lyricists, painters, or any other creative professionals. Chow Yiu Fai states: "The more the world forces us to accept reality, the more we must expand our imagination. For me, creativity exercises are about cultivating the ability to imagine worlds that do not have to accept reality, worlds that might be even more beautiful." [Author Biography] Chow Yiu Fai Graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a degree in English Language and Comparative Literature. In 1989, he published his first lyric, "Love in the Time of Plague," marking his entry into the Hong Kong lyricist scene. Chow Yiu Fai's writing style is ornate and unique; even when writing for mainstream singers, his works stand apart from typical mainstream productions, with themes and styles that navigate between the mainstream and the avant-garde. His works include "Forget It's Her," "Talk of the Town," "Heavenly Questions," "Hail Mary," "Next Century Play," "Freud Fell in Love with Lin Xi," "Lucy," "Barren Land Snow," "Jane Fonda's Aerobics," "Little Canyon 1234," "Love Love Love," "Borrow Fire," and many others. In 2005, he won the CASH Best Alternative Song Award for "Hermaphrodite." In 2006, he was awarded the Best Lyricist of the Year by Guangzhou Radio. In 2007, he received the Best Lyricist Award at the Global Chinese Chart for "Daiyu Smiled." In 2007, he published his personal lyric collection, "18 Transformations – Chow Yiu Fai's Lyrics. Words. Views." Chow Yiu Fai has worked for the Hong Kong government, the Hong Kong Arts Festival, the Ming Pao newspaper, and Commercial Radio. He moved to the Netherlands in 1992, where he hosted a radio program for Dutch Chinese listeners and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Amsterdam in 2011. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Creative Writing at Hong Kong Baptist University.