By Sister Initiate Zi Yi, Formosa
I remember Master once said that painting flowers is by no means easy, inspiration is essential. Minute details have to be taken care of and creative touches are required to yield a good painting. The picture frames designed by Master make a perfect match for Her paintings. There is no comparison between Master's and the ordinary rectangular frames.
Once in a dream, I saw myself at a place where there were many exotic flowers and trees. They could talk to me and I could understand them. They told me that I was in their country named the "Moon Land". Later, when I bid farewell to them, they shook hands with me with their tiny leaf-hands.
At the group meditation in Hsihu on Ching Hai Day, some replicas of Master's paintings were put on display. My eyes were immediately drawn to a painting entitled "Fear" depicting some flower falling from above. Each flower seemed to have its eyes wide open, and the leaves were exactly like those "tiny leaf-hands" in my dreams.
As I was not financially secure at the time, I did not buy the picture; I just said good-bye to "Fear" after appreciating it. The following day, as soon as I stepped inside Sung Shan Bookstore, where I work, I saw "Fear" being displayed right next to Master's photo. Later, I learnt that a fellow practitioner had purchased it and offered it for display at the bookstore. I looked at "Fear" and smiled. I had thought that it would have gone to the home of some fellow practitioner after the retreat on Ching Hai Day. To my surprise and delight, now I can see "Fear" every day when I go to work.