In
a racky and dry area, among thorny shrubs, and dense hanging roots, bloom
three golden flowers with magnificent beauty and fragrance: One has fully
bloomed like a full moon, while others hold their buds like the glittering
stars in a sky of serenity. In the upper right corner of the painting, the
October sun shines forth, shedding its light throughout the universe. Autumn
gently steps into the spacious world, into the heart of each person, and
the petals of each flower, each leaf.
All
respond as if they are dancing to a celestial melody woven by colorful strokes
delivered through the love of a saintly artist, which is expressed through
the chalk painting "Tien Shan Cactus". The chalk strokes spontaneously
glide over the paper surface, creating tidal waves like "traces of
the previous life", which appear in various wonderful colors that emerge
magically, so plentiful and mysterious.
"Tien
Shan Cactus" explicitly mirrors the talent of a gifted artist who quickly
completed the painting like a miracle. It also depicts the normal, gentle
and graceful gesture of an artist who produced the painting as though She
were having fun, as though painting but not painting. In an instant, viewers
are able to be in tune with the confidences communicated by the wild flower
species, the brightness of hardened souls, and the maturity of natural scenery
with each passing minute and second.
Surely,
the group of "Tien Shan Cactus" plants must have felt exhilarated
being the model for the brush work of a perfectly enlightened artist and
also knowing its own bright future. Art admirers also receive overwhelming
joys, while merging into supreme love and bathing in a great ocean full
of peace and bliss. Lying on the rocky soil next to the cactus roofs is
the "Ching Hai" signature, also in dark green, which simply and
spontaneously merges with flowers, leaves and God.
By
simply "transferring the stone into gold", Supreme Master Ching
Hai has moved a wild flower shrub nearer to us, a shrub that is normally
overlooked. She is just like a close friend who tells us words of wisdom
so that we may gain enough strength to overcome our difficulties and leave
the flower widely blooming even if life is very dry and rocky and the world
is stormy.
Supreme
Art