寻找远去的记忆
来源:画友投稿整理
为了寻找新的绘画语言和感受,我曾多次到西部藏地,历经青海的黄河源头、长江源头、柴达木、西藏的阿里、珠峰、那曲、甘南的玛曲、碌曲、夏河……使我有了和藏地藏人近距离接触的机缘。藏地大自然的纯净博大,苍茫;藏人的真切挚热,刚悍和淳朴,给我以震撼。在当今缤纷物化的时代里,藏地藏人那种本源状态给人带来了生命的感悟和灵魂的洗刷。那是一个能使人魂断的神秘境地。我企图走得更近,可它永远在远方,这远方包含着变化、失去与永恒……这也像人生,总是在企图超越与无法超越的过程中。
藏地留下的近万张照片,已成为我生命中不可磨灭的记忆。随着岁月流失,我仍被这些记忆所感动,开始探索用版画语言再现那注满灵动与激情的画面……。创作中我如同那世代用不息生命将佛像与经文雕刻在石头上、印制在经幡上的藏人,怀着虔诚的心,把这不灭的记忆不断的迹化,以表达我对藏地藏人的深深敬仰和感动……。
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Seekinganewartisticlanguageandexperience,IjourneyedtothesourceoftheYellowandtheYangtzeriversinQinghaiProvince,Qaidam,Tibet’sNgari,Jomoglangma,NaquandareasincludingMaqu,Klu-chandXiaheinSouthernGansuProvincemanytimes.Duringmytravels,IhadopportunitiestomakeclosecontactwiththenaturalsceneryandpeopleofTibet.Thepure,magnificentandduskyscenesandthesincere,hospitablepeopledeeplytouchedme.Inthesematerialistictimes,Tibet’snaturalsceneryandthepeople’spursuitofapureandsimplelifecleansesmysoul.Tibetissuchabeautifulandmysteriouslandthatpeoplearereluctanttoleave.Itrytogetclosertoit,yetitisstilldistant.Thisdistanceliesinchange,lossandeternity…muchlikelife,inwhichwearealwaysintheprocessofstrivingfortranscendencebutneverquitetranscending.
ThethousandsofphotosofTibetItookhavebecomeanunforgettablememoryinmylife.Asthetimegoesby,Iamstillmovedbythepreciousrecollections,andIattempttoconveythesevibrantandpassionateimagesbyexploringandusingthevisualsymbolsofprint.Inmywork,Itrymybesttovisualizethememorywithasincereheart,asifIwereaTibetanwhoinscribesimagesofBuddhaandreligiousscripturesonstonesorprintsthemonprayerflags.Throughmyartwork,IwouldliketoexpressmygreatadmirationandpassionforthebeautifullandandpeopleofTibet.