Botanic Engines ⽣命机核
Oil on Canvas 布⾯油画
48 x 60 inches
2025
In Botanic Engines, I use the imagery of machinery and plants to express the duality I experience in life’s journey. The mechanical elements in the painting represent the hard core of existence—the structure, discipline, and resilience that life demands. In contrast, the leaves symbolize softness, fragility, and the essential emotional and spiritual aspects of being human.
Through this interplay, I reflect on how life constantly moves between these two poles: strength and sensitivity, pressure and peace. The engine is not only a symbol of endurance and drive, but also of repetition and constraint. The leaf, by contrast, breathes, bends, and renews. Together, they form a visual metaphor for how I have come to understand my own path—a journey shaped by both grit and grace.
This painting is not just a depiction of contrast, but of coexistence. It is my way of honouring both the hardness that keeps us going and the softness that keeps us human.
在《⽣命机核》中，我运⽤机械与植物的意象，表达我对⼈⽣旅程的感受。画中的机械象征着⽣命的坚硬核⼼——结构、纪律与⽣存的韧性。⽽叶⽚则代表柔软、脆弱，以及⼈类最本质的情感与精神层面。
这种对⽐反映了我所经历的⽣命状态：在坚强与敏感之间，在压⼒与宁静之间不断游⾛。引擎不仅是推动前进的动⼒象征，也是重复与束缚的象征；⽽叶⽚则呼吸、弯曲、更新，象征着⽣命的流动与成长。两者共同构成了⼀个视觉隐喻，描绘出我对⼈⽣的理解——⼀个由刚与柔共同塑造的旅程。
这幅画不仅表现对⽴，更强调共存。它是我对⽣命中的坚硬与温柔、动⼒与感性的致敬。