"Time" has no form; it's a concept humans derive from the experience of existence. In this work, I attempt to make "time" visible, while simultaneously reflecting on the nature of "impermanence."
I created this work using the concept of "pen walking." With a single pencil, I continuously write the four characters "逝者如斯" (The departed are like this, or Time flows like a river) in a clockwise direction. When the lead runs out, I sharpen it and keep writing until the entire pencil is depleted. The pencil shavings are collected into a glass bottle. The layered characters are from Yu Youren's running script of these four characters, written in various works, continued until the pencil is exhausted. After mounting the painting flat on a board, a quartz clock movement is installed in the very center. Thus, it becomes an aesthetic object with a time-keeping function.
「時間」沒有形象，它是人類對存在經驗衍生出來的概念。在這件作品裡，我試著把「時間」變得可以看見，同時可以對「無常」的本質進行省思。
我是以走筆的觀念來做這件作品，以一支鉛筆依順時鐘方向書寫「逝者如斯」四字，筆芯寫完了就再削再寫，直到整支鉛筆耗盡，將鉛筆屑收入一個玻璃瓶中，疊加書寫的字是于右任曾在不同作品裡寫過這四字的行書，直到耗盡這支鉛筆。將畫心拓平上板，在正中央裝上石英鐘的機芯。於是，它成了一個有計時功能的審美對象。
I created this work using the concept of "pen walking." With a single pencil, I continuously write the four characters "逝者如斯" (The departed are like this, or Time flows like a river) in a clockwise direction. When the lead runs out, I sharpen it and keep writing until the entire pencil is depleted. The pencil shavings are collected into a glass bottle. The layered characters are from Yu Youren's running script of these four characters, written in various works, continued until the pencil is exhausted. After mounting the painting flat on a board, a quartz clock movement is installed in the very center. Thus, it becomes an aesthetic object with a time-keeping function.
「時間」沒有形象，它是人類對存在經驗衍生出來的概念。在這件作品裡，我試著把「時間」變得可以看見，同時可以對「無常」的本質進行省思。
我是以走筆的觀念來做這件作品，以一支鉛筆依順時鐘方向書寫「逝者如斯」四字，筆芯寫完了就再削再寫，直到整支鉛筆耗盡，將鉛筆屑收入一個玻璃瓶中，疊加書寫的字是于右任曾在不同作品裡寫過這四字的行書，直到耗盡這支鉛筆。將畫心拓平上板，在正中央裝上石英鐘的機芯。於是，它成了一個有計時功能的審美對象。
