Neruda and me / 聶魯達和我

最近對於做小書又燃起了躍躍欲試的心情，再加上每天熟讀詩書，我想，寫不出來了不起的詩句，不如為了不起的詩配上插畫吧！果然，當我告訴別人我正在為聶魯達的作品插畫時，他們還以為那是我的朋友，真的因此沾了光。

Lately I've been inspired to make mini-books. With my huge reading load every day, it gives me the idea that even if I can't come up with any remarkable poem in my life, I can at least illustrate for great poets' remarkable works. As expected, when I told others that I was working on Neruda's poem, he was mistaken for my friend. Hum, I felt very honored on hearing that!

聶魯達這首名為「哀悼」的小詩，訴說著每個人討厭自己工作或專長的悲哀，其實帶著詩意的灰暗，但是我在製作小書的過程，卻是無比的開心，要怎麼隱藏我們之間情緒的反差呢？

In Neruda's poem titled Lament, the poet expresses everybody's hatred for what they are good at. There is a touch of poetic grayness in it. However, when I was making the book, I couldn't be happier. I hope I succeeded in concealing the contrast of our feelings in the pictures...