Impermanence: Things That Change Throughout the Day

A space whose main content consists of changing elements. The room itself is extremely simple: rough, earthy-colored walls, dark wooden floors, a low table. The focus of the image is on three constantly changing things: a patch of light falling from a high side window, currently an elongated parallelogram, which will move and change shape in an hour; a flower inserted into a coarse ceramic vase, already past its prime, with two petals fallen onto the table; a freshly lit stick of incense, its smoke slowly rising and visible in the light, with ash accumulating in the burner. These are not permanent, and the existence of the space is to highlight their transience. Avoid: adding permanent decorations and擺件 (baǐjiàn), using artificial flowers and electronic candles, eliminating the directionality of the light patch, making the space appear luxurious.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個以會變化的元素作為主要內容的空間。房間本身極為簡單:粗糙的土色牆、深色的木地板、一張矮几。畫面的重點是三樣不斷改變的東西:從高側窗落下的一道光斑,此刻是拉長的平行四邊形,再過一小時就會移動並改變形狀;一枝插在粗陶瓶中的花,已經開過頭,兩片花瓣掉落在几上;一炷剛點燃的線香,煙緩緩上升並在光中可見,香灰在爐中堆積。這些都不是永久的,而空間的存在就是為了襯托它們的短暫。避免:加入永久性的裝飾與擺件、使用人造花與電子蠟燭、消除光斑的方向性、把空間畫得華麗。