Hanshan Deching, renowned as one of the four Buddhist masters in the late Ming dynasty, gave equal weight to Buddhist doctrines and meditation. The eminent monk focused on the Huayen school of dogmas and the meditation practice leading to true enlightenment. The gatha Guan Xin Ming from him, its content being doctrinal essentials for meditation practice, addresses the involvement of body and mind in the practice and the critical importance of understanding the role of mind (the heart).

I made skeletons with well-aligned white bone shoes as a representation of the medical symptoms from wearing high heels and as a metaphor for social frameworks. The works refer to the state of a genetic desire being extracted from a human body or cut open for anatomy, the state of self-observation. They also serve as a gentle indictment against frameworks and paradigms.

Traditional things are slowly forgotten and lost amid rapid social development. This is a tribute to the things with which we have spent time.

I made skeletons with well-aligned white bone shoes as a representation of the medical symptoms from wearing high heels and as a metaphor for social frameworks. The works refer to the state of a genetic desire being extracted from a human body or cut open for anatomy, the state of self-observation. They also serve as a gentle indictment against frameworks and paradigms.

When I saw some stones in a circle, it felt very ceremonial and somewhat artificial, which led me to the idea of arranging them myself. I visualized the gradual processes from nothing to something, gloom to brightness, and few to many. The stone symbolizes some sort of growth, and the leaf stands for decay. I want to convey the idea of the endless cycle of growth and decay.