淨土（彩墨）

畫畫我絕少題詩題句。一方面是我們的畫並不預留什麼可以題詩題句的空間；另一方面，儘抄一些古詩古詞來題畫早就沒有什麼新意了。更有甚者，寫了一些格律不合，俗不可耐或語意不通的「打油詩」來題畫，附庸風雅一番，恐怕更要貽笑方家。

這幅畫雖小，但因為我們小心地雕琢，倒也十分細緻。由於畫面已滿，題句就顯得多餘。其實我認為畫上不要題太多的文字、說太多的話，畫本身就會說話，不必畫蛇添足。至於像我們這種在畫外寫些「旁白」的小短文，純是剖析我人作畫當時的心境以及一些創作心得。讀者看或不看無關宏旨。

Pure Land/ink and color painting

I very seldom add any poems or text to my paintings. For one thing, I don’t leave much space in my paintings for writing; for another, just copying some old poetry onto a painting seems to lack any originality. Furthermore, it is extremely pretentious to write doggerel with a bad meter or unclear or vulgar meaning on a painting; this is a good way to make oneself a laughingstock.

Although small, this painting is carefully crafted, and achieves an effect of great delicacy. The fullness of the scene would make adding text seem superfluous. I really feel that it is not saitable to add too much text to a painting. A painting should speak for itself; as the Chinese saying goes, “there’s no need to add feet to a snake.” When I do write this kind of short “voice over” message, is purely to illuminate my mental state or artistic insights of that time. Reading or not reading the message will not affect a viewer’s impression of the painting as a whole.＠

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