有’傘’必有敘！

I did not say a word on either side of Occupy Central or the Umbrella Movement but I do want to say this. The few months of civil unrest, or disobedience, has brought not only citizens on to our streets, but their creativity as well. Did you visit the key occupied sites during the heydays?  If you did you would have seen what I call 'revolutionary art' from street artists young and old.

The one I absolutely love is 有’傘’必有敘 towards the end which was original, witty, very on-the-mark and to-the-point. Here is how it goes : ’傘’ is umbrella which of course means the Movement, but it also carries the same sound as the word ’散 ’which means 'disperse or break up'. Meanwhile ’必有’ means 'will certainly lead to' and the word ’敘’ means 'gather or regroup'.

The 5 simple characters literally say .. 'have umbrella will lead to regroup' ... but what it really means is .. 'we disperse now but as long as there is the Umbrella Movement we will be together again'.

Bravo ... this is the mantra of  Hong Kong's Autumn circa 2014 and it will go down in history.