After he returned to Taiwan from the U.S., Shi Jin-Hua began his “Pen Walking” series, where he captures the remnants and transience of life through the brushstrokes and the wear of pencils. He thinks of himself as an apprentice of the pencil, creating myriad brushstrokes and traces on paper or canvas, helping the pencil complete its life cycle. As a continuation of this metaphor for life, the “Pen Walking — Mount Kailash” series documents the artist’s pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet. With pencils in hand, he embarked on the pilgrimage to seek enlightenment. The pencils slowly shortened just as the pilgrim gradually abandoned his obsession with the self and the material world, endlessly pursuing the spiritual emancipation. (Written by TKG+ Project)

自美返國後，石晉華展開了《走筆》系列，以鉛筆的筆觸與耗損進一步象徵生命的痕跡與無常，他自比為筆的助理，在紙或畫布上走畫出各樣的筆觸與痕跡，協助筆完成一生的使命；延續這樣的人生隱喻創作了《走筆 — 岡仁波齊峰轉山》系列，以鉛筆的身體朝聖、繞行出西藏的聖山岡仁波齊峰，在這個追求覺悟的朝聖旅程中，鉛筆越來越短，猶如行者逐漸揚棄對自我與現象世界的執著，無止境地進行精神的鍛鍊與解脫。（撰文/TKG+ Project）