“Wandering and Drifting Light", Two Bent Bodies (二人屈曲身體) , 2020
53 x 38 cm (h x w)
charcoal and acrylic on paper

Amongst my many works, my favorite subjects to draw are human figures. In a bustling metropolis like Hong Kong, amongst the crowds of people flowing through the streets, you may be able to spot a few people who have physical impairments. Many of them openly display their positions of disability in order to arouse sympathy from all those around them. They do this is in exchange for a small sum of money that can help them cover their living expenses. From a distant and unobtrusive place, I like to quietly observe in detail every posture they make. On the surface, their appearance may seem repulsive, however if you carefully observe them you will see that each and every motion and sway they make is full of vitality. This is one kind tenacious vitality. In the beginning I thought that this experience was merely a projection of my own mind or that I was empathizing with them. This is because, to a certain degree, I am also disabled. However, when I joined a few groups who mainly distribute meals to homeless people, I noticed something. Amongst the beneficiaries, there were some who ignored our groups, and others received us with cold indifference. But there were also a few who were very warm with us, and even shook my hand, even though we had never had any significantinteractions before. When this happened I felt the same joy that they had felt.

It is then that I knew that vitality existed within them, and that what I had experienced was not just that I was empathising or engaging in projection.

I saw myself in them, and they encouraged me. My own limitations cannot be compared to theirs, the vitality of living is still within me, and even with my limitations I can still go out and live a life that I want to.
Currently, I still continue to work, because I still need to earn a living, but it is through art that I am able to express emotions which surge forthfrom within my mind.
It is because of this that I have titled my series of works:

“Wandering and Drifting Light.”

在我眾多作品中,我很喜歡畫人體為主題的畫。在香港這樣繁忙的都市中,你會看
到在人流多的街道中有一些肢體殘障的人,他們會公開展露自己的殘障部位,以喚
起大家的同情心來換取一些金錢作為生活費。而我很喜歡在遠處一個不起眼的地方,
靜靜地觀察他們的一舉一動。他們的體態表面看來好像很醜陋,但細心觀察下,他
們每一個動作的擺動其實都充滿活力,展現到一種堅韌的生命力。

起初我以為這些感受,只是我內心的投射或同理心,因某程度我也是殘障的。但我
參加派飯給露宿者的團體活動後,發現受助者中,有些會不理睬我們,有些態度冷
漠,亦有些很熱情地跟我們團隊和我握手。雖然我們沒有展開一些很深入的對話,
但在過程中我感受到他們被接受時感到的快樂。他們的內在是具有生命力的,這不
單是我的自我投射或是同理心。

在他們身上,我亦看到自己。他們鼓舞了我,而我的限制相比他們並不算什麼。我
對生命具有熱情,在限制裏我仍然可以活出我想的人生。今天我仍舊工作是因為我
需要金錢生活,而透過藝術,可以讓我表達自己內心澎湃的情感,所以我把這系列
的作品命名為—「顛沛流離的光芒」。

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