Thursday, February 11, 2010
The scholar of the new and the old traditions
I was preparing some works for cancer society to raise fund. Saw this particular work that I painted last year which wrote the scholar of modern and past traditions. In the society of rapid changes today, many of us are trapped by the conflicts between the new and the old values. For me, I experienced many issues which do not permit me to do in the past and yet it is commonly practised today. There is always a question of shall I or shouldn't I do it? As one of my teachers once said, we are trapped in our own "treasures" (our past traditions and knowledge) and we are not willing to forgo them. Perhaps this is why I am so attached to old traditions?