NIRVÀNA 無為。自在高潮
2023 PARIS SOLO EXHIBITIONNovotel Paris 20 Belleville1 / JUIN - 30 / SEPT
''Mountains are one of the main symbols of the Taoist spirit.''
Confucius guides us to explore the principles of life, of the balance between nature and society, which is often conveyed through painting and calligraphy. This is why “Shan Shui” painting (“landscape painting”) has such an important place in traditional culture and Eastern philosophy.
In the Bible, it was on the top of a mountain that Moses met God. The higher the mountain, the closer heaven and God are. The ancient Egyptian pyramids are also built in the shape of mountains, and all have sacred meanings.
From a natural vantage point, we can clearly see the sunrise and sunset over the top of the mountains. The snow melts from the top and flows all the way down the ridge to the ground to irrigate everything. Indeed, mountains have an indispensable and important role in feeding living beings. We also know that mountains can be shelters for animals that can hide in the crevices and caves of the hills, in order to avoid hunters.
The Ancients said:
"If you don't climb a mountain, you don't know how high the sky is"...
When I was 20, I saw mountains exactly as mountains, and water exactly as water. Early in my life, I was curious and fresh about the world, and looked at everything with a childlike perspective.
At that age, everything is generally beautiful in our eyes. We are ignorant of many things, but we persist in believing that what we see is the most real. We believe that the world always works according to very precise rules and sometimes we finally hit walls. This leads us to doubt reality and the world.
At 30, mountains are no longer mountains, and water is no longer water.
There are too many temptations in the mortal world, too many unspoken rules hidden behind hypocritical masks. What you see is not necessarily true, it is just like looking at flowers in the fog: it seems real and imaginary at the same time. Mountains are not mountains, water is not water, it is easy for us to lose our way in reality, and confusion, hesitation, pain and struggle ensued.
Now, at 45, it's kind of back-to-basics.
After seeing the world, after accumulating experiences in my life, while constantly introspecting myself, I gained a better understanding of the world and my own search. I know what I'm looking for, on the one hand, and what I should give up, on the other.
Today the mountains are still mountains, and the water is still water. It's just that mountains and water, in my eyes now, have another meaning and specific shapes, existing in this world. This is my current state of mind. At the same time, we know that in reality the existence or variation of "mountains" and "waters" depends on changes in their environment and climatic conditions. Once changed, this mountain and this water will no longer be this mountain and this water.
If you can look at all things with this mindset, learn to grasp the right conditions and improve the unfavorable restrictions, then you will have the opportunity to achieve that state of extreme freedom which we call "NIRVÂNA". A state similar to the perfect happiness of orgasm…
And you? What do you see?
