imagined drawing I / 想像畫法（一）

上周日在嘉蕊和凱特的幫忙之下，我在公車上和咖啡店裡完成了第一本速寫本，應該要先把第二部份的影像上傳的，但是我等會要出去和凱特琳娜說再見，所以先讓我上傳今天的作業。

Last Sunday with the help of Jazel and Caterina, I finished my first sketchbook exercise on the bus and in a lovely cafe in Camden Town. I should upload the remaining images, but I am going out to say goodbye to Cate in a few minutes, so let me upload today's work first.

第二個星期進入想像畫法，麥特讓每個人抽科學博物館的某一區，我們要用自己的方法畫出來，我抽到「把你的總數算對」，我想應該是有關數學題吧，但老師一直提醒我們要探索各種可能的想像，於是我把數學題擴大成人生，每個人有不同的加減乘除題目，我們是一群被人生題困住的人，用不同的方式解題，有人用身體，有人用心、用錢、用書本等等。因為過去這幾天行程有點多，每天又五點多就醒來了，邊畫邊覺得很累。。

This is our second week of drawing exercise. Matt let everyone draw a lot about one section in Science Museum. We had to present it with our own interpretation. My topic is "Getting Your Sums Right." I think it should be about math. However, Matt kept reminding us to explore as many possibilities as we could. I expanded the topic from math to life. Everyone has different math/life questions to solve. We are trapped by our life questions, and we manage to solve them in our own ways. Some people use their bodies, hearts, money, books etc. During the past two days, my schedules were packed and I woke up at a little bit later than five. So while I was drawing, I fought with my fatigue.

剛畫上這些黑色線條時，麥特很驚豔，他說看起來很像每個人解決問題的路徑，真不賴，因為我根本沒想那麼遠。

Matt was impressed by the black lines when I first drew them. He said they look like the paths which everyone takes to solve questions. Good, because I didn't think of that. 

人生題寫在樹幹上，大家一心以為解完題就可以吃到肥美的蘋果，不過樹是中空的，也許人生不是我們想的那樣。

Life questions are written on the trunks. Everyone has the idea that once we find the solutions to the questions, we will be rewarded with fat apples. But the tree is hollow, and maybe life is different from what we think. 

最後大家把畫貼起來分享，麥特今天挑了我的作品，心情用開心形容似乎太單調，雖然我總是很努力，我和凱特說我不是那種很有情緒張力的人，我的個性已經走到很圓融的地步，我老覺得自己來這裡是當心理治療師的，而且別人也不會因為我的作品而有那種羨慕或嫉妒的情緒，我是那種沒有殺傷力的插畫家，但凱特說她看到幽默童心的特質，我倒是無所謂啦，反正我怎麼樣都會很努力，這是別人無法阻止我的。

In the end everyone put up their drawings to share with others. Matt chose mine today. It would be too flat to use the word "happy" to describe my feeling. I've always worked very hard, but I told Caterina I am not someone with overwhelming emotion. I have a mellow personality, and I have the feeling that I am here as some people's shrink rather than as an artist. Others don't feel jealousy or envy upon seeing my works because generally they are not so outstanding in terms of skills. I am the kind of illustrators that don't intimidate others. Caterina said that she sees humor and fun in my works. Well, for me, whatever happens, I'll work hard, which others can't stop me from doing. 

這週又有一本全新四十頁空白的速寫本要畫滿，只能說：「奮鬥吧！」

This week I have a brand-new 40-page sketchbook to fill. Well, let's lunge ahead!