融合
Integration

A collection of 15-20 pieces from 2018-2023

In curating the work, I randomly sourced vintage frames which I restored to repair obvious blemishes but definitely not wanting them perfect!

Next, I mixed and matched these frames with my artworks to blend into the final images that express my journey. Each fit was a small destiny. A new version of beauty was created by mixing old and new.
This way, I got to review all my past works with a different perspective.

This collection represents the loving and accepting integration of past versions of me that I used to deny.
My process of making art has included transforming and even abandoning values that I long believed before I became an artist.

When the denial of my true self, and old beliefs made me confused and very unhappy, I found artistic expression as a path out of these depressions.
As with these pieces, the integration of our true identities includes growing a whole mind; learning to navigate feelings and making sense of thoughts, all the while dynamically re- framing our reality as we grow in relationship with ourselves and others.

I do not judge the past versions of me. They did not fail, they simply no longer expressed me. They are component parts of me from the past. Just as all the the nutrients in soil are dead things, so our past expressions now nurture growth today. The more diverse the dead things in soil, the better a plant can grow.
Our stories often need the right FRAME of mind to be viewed and understood.

Framed skillfully, we are all whole.

融合系列

*融合* - 一個從2019到2023約15-20幅的系列

在策劃時，我隨緣地蒐集了古董框，修復了這些老框以修補明顯的瑕疵，但絕對不希望它們完美無暇！

接下來，我將這些畫框與我的作品混合搭配，以融入表達我旅程的最終樣貌。每一個符合都是一個小小的命運。

這個系列代表了與我過去否認的自己用愛和接受融合。我創作過程的轉變甚至包括放棄我在成為藝術家之前一直堅信的價值觀。

當對真實自我和舊信念的否定使我感到困惑和非常不快樂時，我發現藝術表達是擺脫這些陰霾的途徑。

與這些作品一樣，我們真實身份的整合包括培養完整的思想；學習駕馭感受和理解思想，同時隨著我們與自己和他人的關係不斷發展，動態地重新構建我們的現實。

我不評論過去的自己，她們沒有失敗，她們只是不再能夠表達我，她們是我過去的組成部分。正如土壤中所有的養分都是屍體一樣，我們過去的表現正在滋養著今天的成長。土壤中的屍體越多樣化，植物就能長得越好。