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Artist Statement

輕輕地來
聽落葉被風吹起而相互碰撞的清響,被踩下時短而清脆的窣窣細語。巡望依著陽光而綣曲的藤蔓,還有終將爬滿屋瓦、礫石、鐵皮、老樹的青苔蘚。風拂,雨淋,炙熱或刺骨,緊握或輕撫的皆日子。
知道鑽石是經年累月在極大壓力下的純炭結晶,堅韌而罕有;但即使是稍些碰撞即裂的玻璃,也是歷經千度高溫燒熔而出的透亮矽土。
堅強耀眼又或貌似軟弱皆非易事。

馬偕醫院的大廳有間小店,販售些低糖或無奶點心。平日的晚上七八點,有許多下班的爸爸媽媽們帶著住在樓上兒童醫院的小朋友下來散散步,再挑些果汁、甜點解解煩悶的療程。化療中的小朋友用虛弱的笑容珍惜著手裡其實沒什麼食慾吞下的寵愛。
那些小朋友真的好小好小,小到淹沒在輪椅裡面看不見了,只望見大大的點滴瓶在上頭晃呀晃呀的載著醫生和父母的盼望。他們在還來不及長大學會糟蹋自己健康的時候,
就已經失去健康了。健康,在講究績效的當代社會我們視其為至關緊要的生產力,然而,再如何的重要,健康都不是生命的全部:失去健康暫且勉力的生命,依舊能夠帶著無可奈何的瑕疵,低生產的在這裡輕聲掃過,也許短暫又或淺淡,但還是會留下渺渺的痕跡,像握在小小手裡那罐蘋果汁包裝上的水漬。
恍若風吹即散而趕不及捕捉的風景是本文意在敘述及探討的漬痕。戴著口罩的小朋友疲累的沒有言語,眨眼將逝的此刻,我們奮力生活、笑鬧與受傷,同時享受且仰賴著大自然的無私來換取生命的延長。又軟又碎的此刻,是勉強還繫著枝幹隨時將因風而走的葉片,微不足道,卻又令人駐足掛心。後文將緩緩道述描繪這一景致,以及關乎這一景致的一系列紙本繪畫作品。

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Come gently
Listen to the unmistakable sound of fallen leaves colliding with each other when blown by the wind and the short and crisp rustling sounds when they are stepped on. Look at the vines twisting in the sunlight and the mosses eventually covering the tiles, gravel, iron sheets, and old trees. Days are filled with wind, rain, scorching heat, or biting cold, holding tightly or caressing gently.
We know that diamonds are pure carbon crystals that have been under tremendous pressure for many years and are challenging and rare. Still, even glass, which breaks at the slightest collision, is transparent silica that has been melted at a temperature of thousands of degrees.
It is not easy to be intense and dazzling or to appear weak.

There is a small shop in the lobby of Mackay Memorial Hospital that sells low-sugar or dairy-free snacks. At around 7 or 8 o'clock on weekdays, many parents who are off work bring their children who live in the children's hospital upstairs down to take a walk and then pick up some juice and desserts to relieve their boredom. The child undergoing chemotherapy cherished the love in his hand with a weak smile, but he had no appetite to eat it.
Those children were so small that they were buried in their wheelchairs and could not be seen. All we could see was the big IV bottle swaying above them, carrying the hopes of the doctors and their parents. Before they grow up, they learn to ruin their health.
You have lost your health. Health is regarded as the most important productivity in performance-oriented contemporary society. However, no matter how important it is, health is not everything in life: a life without health and temporarily struggling can still be imperfect and low in productivity. A gentle sweep here may be brief or light, but it will still leave a faint trace, like the water stains on the packaging of the can of apple juice held in the small hand.
The scenery that seems to be blown away by the wind and cannot be captured in time is the trace that this article intends to describe and explore. The children wearing masks were too tired to speak. At this moment, which is about to pass in the blink of an eye, we are struggling to live, laughing, and getting hurt while at the same time enjoying and relying on the selflessness of nature in exchange for the extension of life. The leaves are soft and broken, barely clinging to the branches and about to be blown away by the wind at any time. They are insignificant, yet they make people stop and worry. The following article will slowly describe a series of paper paintings that depict this scene and are related to this scene.

© 2025 by Lin Yen Hsin 林衍馨. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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