Crossing the boundary / 跨界

早上進辦公室時，發現Highway在我桌上留下的圖，這個時間點特別令人感心，因為再四天就要大考了，希望花在準備這張圖的過程有舒壓的作用。放空的時候盯著它看，馬上又充滿元氣。

Upon entering the office this morning, I found the beautiful surprise left on my desk by Highway. It was especially heart-warming to receive it at such a point because the college entrance exam is about to take place in four days. I hope that the process of working on this drawing served to release Highway’s pressure. I stared at it when distracted from work, and I was recharged with a whole chest of vibes right away.

壁畫 062511第三版 / third version of wall-painting draft, June, 25, 2011

過了幾個小時，去Luco餐廳做了第二次的壁畫上工前的現場探勘，木工師傅居然像意外發現寶的問我是不是專門畫牆壁，並且很快地就拿起電話連絡相關事宜的負責人，要離開之前還稱呼我「畫師」，雖然聽起來很像是從前被雇來畫電影宣傳版面的畫匠，但是我有一種被尊敬的感覺，他從來沒看過我畫的圖，我也不一定會打他留下的電話，卻感覺快要走上一直憧憬的路。我得記住這一刻，當將來我小小的微弱的光芒，被淹沒在其他人更閃耀的強光裡，我還有可以鼓勵自己的動力。

After a few hours, I had moved from the school to Luco, a new restaurant scheduled to open in July for the preparatory work of the wall-painting project. After informing the carpenter of my reason for being there, he acted as if he found a gigantic treasure. Confirming with me that I had “some” experience of painting walls, he groped for his cellphone in the pocket and gave a call to his sister, who owns a gallery which also hires artists to paint and design walls. Before leaving, he even called me a master of wall painting, which really swept my feet off the ground. The funny thing was that he had never seen my works. I wouldn’t necessarily call the number he left, but this didn’t stop me from being carried away by the illusion that I am about to embark on a career that I’ve always been dreaming of. I am going to bear in mind the glory and vanity of this moment so that I can turn back when my faint and insignificant glow is outshone by others’ brilliant talents in the future.