Nostalgia

by Weichuen You 2006

東方的我和西方的我，想望著彼此，找不到平衡點。

Glamour of lilacs

by Weichuen You 2005

This is an old post from November, 2005 and I think some friends know that. So they probably know that I am going to tell the same story for the 101st time. Every May, people in Rochester, N.Y. await the coming of spring season eagerly. The one and only sign is the blooming of lilacs! Back at home, I hardly paid attention to the changes of plants because they're there practically all the time. There are different flowers for every season, and sometimes the same flowers blossom more than once within a year. It sounds crazy, but when people are always accompanied by so much "vitality" of nature, we tend to take everything for granted.

That April it still snowed. I was almost at the end of my patience, also at the bottom of my mood. The temperature rose in May, though it resembled more the winter in Taiwan. Bored and disappointed, I decided to give the lilac show a try.

It was a chilly day. The sky was sort of gray and rain was expected at any moment. But I DIDN'T EXPECT THE LILACS TO BE SO GLAMOUROUS! Since when did blooming flowers become so gorgeous? Especially when there was a vast sea of them..."So why did I feel so low?" I asked myself. I couldn't think of a good reason...

I'd seen mountains of azaleas and cherry flowers thousands of times in my life, but it was the lilacs that taught me to appreciate the glamour of silent things.

Oh My Loveman! 76 / 我的戀愛超人 76

by Weichuen You 2005

After Pipi went away, Loveman woke up all sweaty from the most terrible nightmare. In the dream, he found himself sleeping on the ice-cold water. It felt like he was going to sink at any moment. He cried like a baby, but no one came to his rescue. He was all alone.

He had a very very bad feeling...


戀愛超人像做了場惡夢般地驚醒，全身的冰冷令他分不清自己究竟是躺在床上還是水中。

Oh My Loveman! 75 / 我的戀愛超人 75

by Weichuen You 2005

Pipi walked into the dining room leaving a note for Loveman and his darling family. She hated to leave without telling them the reasons face-to-face, but it would be impossible to go in that way. Before she hurried out of the house, she gave a last glance to this place where she hadn't been stayed for long but it was certainly full of loving memories.

"Bye everyone..."


小艾留下了一封告別信，依依不捨地、輕輕地，向睡夢中的朋友道別，她所經歷的，也像一場夢。或許一醒來，她就到家了。

Oh My Loveman! 74 / 我的戀愛超人 74

by Weichuen You 2005

At this moment, Pipi crept on the tips of her feet and walked to the bedside of Loveman. She whispered into his ear, "I am sorry, but I really have to go. I still think of my family, who might be so worried about me..." After giving him a light kiss on his cheek, she left though she still had so much to say.

Loveman dreamed of Pipi floating in the transparent light-bluish water. There was no fear on her face. Only a touch of tenderness and firm determination.


當全世界都熟睡時，小艾躡手躡腳地來到戀愛超人的床邊，「對不起，我真的該回家了，我在這裡過了一生中最難忘的夏天，謝謝你，我會永遠地記得你。」

Oh My Loveman! 73 / 我的戀愛超人 73

by Weichuen You 2005

After the night fell, the seaside was unusually serene. The tides caressing the sands created regular, soothing rhythms. Even the little boat was almost put to sleep.


深夜，屋內屋外一樣寂靜，只有潮水聲規律地起起伏伏。

Doors

by Weichuen You 2006

cats

by Weichuen You 2006

"Mama, what is the girl doing?"
"I think she is afraid of us."
"Why? Doesn't she know that we wear the same colors of clothes? We can be friends!"

"Huh...When are you leaving?"

I think I am the only person with no stocks of cat drawings. I know, it's shocking to hear that I am afraid of cats, apart from dogs. In fact, the former are much more intimidating for me. Cats are very playful and bold. And they know better than any other human being my fear for them. Maybe it's because they can see through me that I dare not approach them. I'd like to remain mysterious sometimes:-).

Today I was tempted to use only three colors-black, red and white. A simple combination of colors can actually heighten the effect. I mixed red respectively with white and black to reveal the inner feelings of cats and the character, calm and cool for the former, tense for the latter. And I'd wanted to do paintings with acrylic effect for a long time. When I laid thick layers of water-colors on the paper, one sentence came to my mind, "This is what we call 'life'!"

Papillon

Oh My Loveman! 72 / 我的戀愛超人 72

by Weichuen You 2005

Then Loveman, Pipi and everyone in the family had another feast, as if it would never end. They ate, talked, laughed, ran, danced, jumped. Uncle Patrick, after a long day of hard work, looked at them in perfect serenity and mumbled to himself, "Oh, family sweet family..."

This was also the best day Pipi had ever had in her entire life.


「唉喲！我甜蜜的家‧‧‧」

「叔叔你看！」「來吃嘛！」「別那麼小氣嘛！」「看我的龍蝦功！」

「好新鮮的螃蟹和蝦！」「還是海中直接捕來的呢！」

「我們好幸福喔！可以邊看日落，邊吃燒烤，人生夫復何求！」