We all suffer unfairly, or experience loss. We may come to feel that there must be something inherently wrong with us, or someone did something to bring the situation upon us. The important step in forming the meaning of our pain is understanding that it’s not about deserving.
Pain is not a zero-sum game. If somebody hurts us, hurting them back doesn’t make it better. Nobody deserves trauma.While our problems may not always be our faults, we’re the only ones in charge of self-care. And the only thing we can control is the meaning we ascribe to our pain.
Bravely accept, change or let go.
「 静かに佇むボトルビープル。彼らを作っていると不思議と心が落ち着きます。」
(A Bottle Velvet in the Silence. I am not thinking that my heart is in the right place.)
The quietly standing glass bottle created by a Japanese artist Takeyoshi Mitsui presents both uneasy and calm feelings. The glass is fragile, and so is the heart. Even if the mouth of the bottle is small, we can quickly inhale negative energy; even if we let go of our anxiety about health and loneliness from social distance, there are still traces of water in our bodies, which is a testament to this era. Life is unpredictable, and we will hear all kinds of news from people who are full of lies. We shall look within ourselves and form a greater connection with nature's tranquility to heal our soul.
Tales of Artwork
These barbie dolls are displayed above the newspaper in M+ Museum
installation in Hong Kong. They representated the realistic post-war
scene in contrast to the reproduced fake news and disinformation.
Their body figures are scattered and incomplete, sacarstically
depicting the distorted media in news reporting.
Poems about loneliness
This thing called universal gravitation Is the power of loneliness
pulling together.
The universe is distorted So all join in desire.
The universe goes on expanding So all feel uneasy.
At the loneliness of twenty billion light years
Without thinking, I sneezed.
In a meaningless universe, meaning can still exist in our relationship with each other or with something we enjoy deeply: drawing, dancing, floating in the sea, singing- you name it.
Everything will be more beautiful than you can imagine, I can feel it. You don’t have to worry
anymore. He knows better than us. Everything will come as it should, if you just believe.
How old do you think she is? The thing is that the answer depends entirely on the viewer. For small children she is about the age of an auntie; for preteens she is twenty; for twenty-year-olds she is in her thirties. Each generation sees her as being a little older than they are. Did she see
that this was herself, was ourselves?
It doesn’t matter. To me, what’s most fulfilling is seeing her smile. Her smile basically expands my every happy cells. She expands things when she is led by love, love of nature; that cute little healing waterfall.Thank God for the giving of tranquil nature.
Here captures the calm moment when I see her doing nothing but totally enjoying everything
nature has to offer. I love “doing-nothing” side of her more, although I know she loves to be
responsible taking care of people; she loves “resting” side of me more, although she knows
I enjoy drawing mode of myself the most.
I did not tell her the above but to let her be herself. It’s her life. She has total power of what she wants it to be.
When He subtracts, it is often then so He can multiply. When He removes your freedom, when He limits your options, when He takes away something that you think you must have, it is often so when He can then multiply. He blesses you beyond you could imagine.
Everything starts with knowing yourself. Never deceive yourself, and do not fool yourself. Always be honest with yourself about who you are, what your quirks are, what thoughts you have, and
what kind of reactions you have. If you cannot understand yourself, you cannot feel love. Therefore, knowing yourself is the first condition for loving and being loved.
Respect yourself to have the power to change. Don’t belittle yourself, otherwise you will bind your thoughts and actions. Let respecting yourself be the beginning of everything, even if you
achieve nothing, you must respect yourself. Respecting yourself is the only way to live a better life.
In nature, such as in forests and mountains, there are no flat planes, and the landscape is complex and three-dimensional.
Humans were aware of three-dimensional spaces with their bodies. However, in the city, there are only flat planes. Further, paper, books, TVs, and smartphones are also flat planes. Without
realizing it, we are abandoning our bodies and becoming aware of the world two-dimensionally with our minds only. If we are aware of the world two-dimensionally, our thoughts become
two-dimensional.
If we take a quick look around ourselves, it is clear that the world is comprised of an immense amount of information.
The ability to engage with people and the world requires extreme cerebral activity to process an enormous amount of spatial information that is constantly changing, as well as the expressions and attitudes of people, and the situation as seen by others.
Is there really a sound of silence?
John Cage’s 4’33” was him sitting at the piano and doing nothing but listening to the audience breathe and whisper.
He challenges the definition of music and sound. He said that everything we do is music. If a sound was made by accident, or by choice, it didn’t matter.
Silence in life
Are we supposed to be reticent with everything? There is no such thing as silence. Silence is roaring and you fail to see the irony for sure.
One line art, my heart is not silentI close my eyes and start drawing until my pen leaves the paper.
Whether I express what to draw, whether I draw or not in reality,
how I draw, does it matter?
All is merely a record of my thoughts.
Everything else fades and comes to nothing at the end.
“We’re so trendy we can’t even escape ourselves. ” - Kurt Cobain
He’s not trendy like others taking photos by the sea so he can escape from the virtual world, to just live, really living in the now.
Or is he also cloaking his insecurities in his way?
My imagination sometimes overtakes me so I carry my sketchbook around with me. It’s a Christmas gift I received in 2022. To some new beginnings new space new people where time decides to let me meet in life lately, I am grateful.
Who, what, when, where make your weirdest parts feel at home?
Round and round, always mislead,I have my plans, though no one ever
understands methough no one ever understands me.
Honey, what's the rush?
Here and there, always ahead.
Slightly red, on the way tryin’ to find my quest, will you come with me?
“Lost and Found,” the theme song from movie “Gone Valentine’s Day.”
Sometimes I feel so alone, just like the lyrics say, I go in circles, I don’t
know what I’m up to, I’m always lost, and I can't find anyone who
understands me...But you must love yourself well, because there
must be someone in the world who loves you.
All of us fall short. Some of us fall short in our silence; others fall short in ridiculous numbers of foolish words.
But wherever we are in that spectrum, may we gain enough courage and wisdom to be able to speak words that bring life, hope and encouragement to those around us.
“All the contortions we go through just not to be ourselves for a few hours.”
—Keith Richards
The world’s famous heroin addict the rolling stone guitarist Keith Richards once said about the addiction, his heroin use, that “the contortions you go through just not to be yourself for a few hours.”Why would somebody not want to be themselves? Because at some point it hurts so much to be yourself. Then the mind comes in, trying to keep you from experiencing pain, the pain of being yourself with these ideas, certainties, endless desires, artificial needs... It's a faith to let go. It’s a human defensive structure in response to pain. When it comes to change & vulnerability, the
mind wants to defend against it. It comes significantly out of fear,childhood experiences where the pain you had, wasn't held. The art is the final word.
Sometimes we fall into the trap of equating a particular body with beauty.
No matter what size, shape, ethnicity, religion, gender, political affiliation, nationality, socio-economic class, you are beautiful too. In a world that tells you you're not good enough, the decision to love yourself is a revolution. Be a revolutionary in your own mind. It’s up to you to stand up for what you’re worth. If you don’t see it, feel it, and honor it, then the world outside of you won’t either.
This is created when I lived alone at a place near the beach. Loneliness and hopelessness hit me like waves. People took advantage of me. They tended to come to me for the benefit of fulfilling their evil minds. As nasty as a human being can be, they appeared as if they were friendly, unconditional and giving. In fact they are wolfs in sheep’s’ clothing.
Art is ...
A promise of peace.
A path of healing.
A journey to the centre of yourself.
A discipline of truth realization.
A devotion.
A physical practice with a spiritual intention.
A prayer.
A quiet space of worship.
A life of inner peace.
An act of faith that chooses the spiritual and
the unseen, over the material and the seen.
A training of mind to turn infinitely inward.
A rock to rest upon in times of chaos and
hardship.
A decision to be stronger, to change the world.
A meditation where the answers to life’s most
difficult questions are answered by the practice.
A path of love and forgiveness.
I describes her duo self portraits as alluding to the deformation that physically separates body from animals and natural bodily functions of humans. While the left side represents a guilty mind that looks for punishment; the right side represents a forgiving heart that genuinely hopes oneself to stop sabotaging its sacred body. The left body shape looks more like human body anatomy because it's not being badly affected by destructed mind yet; while the right body has already suffered too much it has eventually become a monster-like body shape with five legs. My goal is to convey the fragile, oppressive and contradictory emotions that depict the very condition of existence.
By releasing emotional tension, allow the unconscious to emerge.
Be brave enough to take the plunge, express your honest, authentic and vulnerable feelings about your experiences.
Art is my way of catharsis. It has served as an avenue to let out repressed emotions that I am unable to express verbally. Art as my best comrade has provided me with a sense of comfort and security.
Of course, I have things I want to change but the core of all is to be grateful for my presence. There is a void that the material world cannot fill, which is self-love. I thought I am only worthy when I live up to the expectations of others in Hong Kong society as “beautiful” and “healthy” body. I had people tell me my boobs were too small and my legs too short to ever hope at being loved by men. I had family member tell me I could not perform my job well anymore because my health could not recover. I drew my sense of self-worth from how other people view me. I allowed for years to let the exterior to determine my value. My worth fluctuated as my health fluctuated. I might not even be aware that I was putting my worth in my looks and what I had until it was gone.
To begin my healing journey, I had to decide to focus on the tiny voice of faith inside me instead of the very loud voice of doubt from others”criticism. My worth does not diminish despite my illnesses and my body shape. My sense of worth is not dependent upon something outside of myself. Getting to know myself is uncomfortable but it is worthy because it helps me get deeper to my own value. The deepest, truest love that I know is internal and cannot ever be judged from the outside.
Emotions aren’t dangerous, and when you make decisions that don’t meet the expectations of
others, you may be afraid that they’ll be angry, but you must train to live with the fear and
accept the sad feeling that you can’t make everyone happy, and don't make amends for it. It's
not your responsibility to make sure the other person's life is going well. Pretending to enjoy
self-sacrifice is a complete waste of energy. The guilt is in the repressed anger, think of it as
an extra tax you have to pay because you're standing up for what you honestly feel. Endure
irrational and unnecessary guilt with dignity, and speak kindly to your heart.