Artwork title : Belief

68cm x 66.5cm

Ink and mixed media on paper

2022

The work was inspired by quotes from Confucian Analects "At thirty, I planted my feet upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities. At fifty, I knew what were the biddings of heaven. At sixty,  I heard them with docile ear. At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart." (三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳順。)

The main visual element of the work is an irregular and open form. The whole visual is run through with flowing lines, and the lines are constructed like flowing lines with brush textures. They have a clear direction of flow, showing that our beliefs and inner values are precisely these invisible forces that drive us toward an unknown future.