Rain

I use rough granite to express the elegance and peace of water is the challenge of fusing two extremes within one medium. This entails a strong visual contrast. In traditional Chinese culture, water symbolizes the principle of yin and softness, while stone symbolizes yang and hardness. One of the rich insights of Daoism is that ‘hardness and softness compensate for each other. Water, as the extremity of softness, moistens all things. Its benefits are inexhaustible, its uses unlimited. Yet ‘too extreme a softness can lead to hardness’. This is how my imagery of ‘water’ has arisen. The unification of humanity with nature, or art with life, are goals I consistently works towards in all my creative acts. I integrate my plain worship and love of the natural world into the consciousness of life. My creation is invariably intertwined with the universe harmoniously.