退色與遺忘 2011.12.31繪毛筆

Faded and forgotten  2011.12.31 water color on paper

When everyone was counting down the New Year, an elderly inmate wrapped himself in his blanket, sat up and was breathing heavily. The 80-year-old was suffering from a disease and none of his family ever paid him a visit.

He has been enduring many cold New Year eves in the prison. No matter how hard I tried to impart a bit of colour in the drawing of him, I could never colour his faded life, and he has been long forgotten by the world.

正當世人歡慶跨年的同時,一位病舍的老收容人包著被子坐了起來喘息,八十多歲飽受病苦的他多年來都沒有家人來探望,這麼多個跨年夜對他來說也只是監獄裡一個又一個難熬的寒夜,即使我再怎麼用彩筆來畫,也無法填補他退色的生命,而他也早已被世界遺忘…

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