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Autumn Branches Whisper
Created in July 2024
Size: 56×43.5cm | 22.05x17.13inches
Material: Ink, watercolour, rice paper, backingpaper.
Category:
Feathers Among Flowers
This painting, titled
*Autumn Branches Whisper*, features the inscription: “不敢高声语，恐惊天上人” (a paraphrase of Li Bai’s *Staying Overnight at a Mountain Temple*). It elevates the ordinary posture of a small bird perched on a branch to an expression of reverence for the natural world and philosophical reflection on the “relationship between heaven and humanity.” As such, this work is not merely a sketch of nature, but a subtle, spiritual landscape imbued with the essence of Eastern philosophy.
Through quiet contemplation of nature, one cultivates one’s character; by facing the ways of heaven with reverence, one experiences profound joy within restraint and subtlety. It depicts not only the physical posture of a small bird on a branch but also the spiritual posture a wise person should adopt in the world—finding that exquisite balance between speech and silence, where one coexists in harmony with heaven, earth, and all things.
The little bird in the painting, “欲语还休” thus becomes an eternal symbol: it embodies humanity’s reflection on self-expression, reverence for a higher order, and the pursuit of that profound and inscrutable cosmic beauty that can only be glimpsed in silence.
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Ink, watercolour, rice paper, backingpaper.
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