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Abstract
Life in the city via television media new reports, Internet high-speed information flow, and convenient transportation has drawn people closer and reduced the distance between people. However it narrows the lives of people and unbalances the steps of life so it has not actually reduced the distance between people and their minds. A shocking event is that day by day there is an increase in the number of suicides, also more and more people are suffering from the melancholia (depression) and while socially successful they are a walking time-bomb when at home. When these problems appear unexpectedly cause people to lose faith in their value system and must consider reorganizing them. When facing disappointing events and conflicts many people are unable to find a peaceful interlude within themselves, they have no focus and this results in anxiety, pain, disappointment, a sense of untrustworthiness, feelings of uselessness and discontentment with life, etc. Under such background, the series of work “A Load on One’s Mind” are anticipated to represent the urban people who cling to their environment, things, articles, emotions, etc. that in turn caused internal pain and turmoil by using the technique of symbolic interpretation to convey the inner world which is hard to explain in words or to make a clear expression. In addition, it also adopted the visual imagery to address the issues that are becoming a serious problem for people today. The body and mind related experiences are my image establishment source, because the mind and body exist together in the form of a living individual. Let’s look at practical life experiences, “the mind affects the body, the body restricts the mind”, so for example if the body is not well then the disposition is not good which results in pessimism and a negative attitude for an individual. This is a situation where the body influences the mind. The mind controls the body’s movements and therefore affects the body’s functions and conditions. So when embarrassed a person will blush, when nervous person will be unable to sit still, and when a person is feeling miserable they will cry. *Therefore what the mind experiences will build a “concept foundation” so that the connection between the body and mind will mutually affect each other to build a concept, symbolically unifying the physical image and human body, interprets the complicated changes of the soul. The second chapter is studied the traditional method of the “thing that defines a person" and the “human body" respectively, and compares the individual’s motivational environment and the artistic pursuance. Furthermore, it is probed into the special characteristics of form and meaning that melded the human body and the objectives. Because the work itself is a projection of the author’s living environment, attitude towards life and his/her values. The third chapter is a brief narration of the relationship between personal life experiences and life itself. The fourth chapter is explained the meaning of the portrayal of this piece, specifically the meaning of the piece, as well as the symbolic content and technique thereof, and the portrayal of people, colors employed, the size of the painting and the frame. Then individually elaborating on the significance on the melding of people and objects within the paintings, as well as the emotional expression revealed by the water-ink and other medium used in the painting. This thesis is discussed the author’s choice of themes in his/her creations from environment to the reflections of people, investigated changes in the times, as well as physical and spiritual changes in the individuals. He/She also is employed the technique where he/she brought together the medium and the spiritual to illustrate the intimate relation between body and the mind. Utilizing the symbolism derived from the combination of the human body and external phenomenon, blended with emotions as shown through ink and brush to expound upon the complex and subtle changes of the soul. The paper is investigated the author’s excellent job of exploring the surrounding phenomenon and the emotions of people today.
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