Enquire询茶ENYears on the mountain left me with a special love for the lotus; I have painted it many times. Last May I was halfway through this one when something called me away. Shidi saw the wet brush and simply picked it up and painted straight onto the canvas.
I came back and — ai-ya — my lotus stems had grown thick and sturdy! I would never have painted them that way; the petals too, she added strokes I would have drawn as careful, traditional lines. The more I look, the more interesting it becomes.
A child’s heart holds no stray thoughts. The brush goes straight down; what appears is exactly what is inside — innocent, unguarded, free. I thought a practitioner’s daughter would be quiet like me. She is not. She is a lively spirit. She is my colour; she is my light. This painting means a great deal to me: we made it together.
多年在山上修行，对莲花有特殊的喜爱，创作了很多以莲花为主题的作品。去年五月，画这幅作品画了一半，有事走开一会，诗迪看到就抓起我的笔，直接在上面就画。
我一看，哎呀，把我的莲花杆子画得好粗壮！按我自己的想象，我可能不会这样去画，包括这个莲花的花瓣，她上去直接加这几笔，越看越觉得有意思。
孩子的内心没有杂念，直心下笔，每一笔下去就是她内心呈现的样态，天真烂漫，很自在。我曾想修行者的女儿会像我一样安静——但她不是，她是活泼的精灵，是我的色彩，是我的光。这幅作品我觉得很有意义，是我和女儿一起创作的。
