Prelapsarian Bloom: Stand Midway on Water 素華：站水中央
2018
animal salt lick
3.75″ x 6.75″ x 2.75″
site-specific installation
站水中央 大地聞聲
千眼開 仰首 喚一片白雲
雲影 掠過人間 淨水退
焦土現 千年火滅
一夢一塵埃 空守天長地久
人間 擱淺地上 天地吶喊
手裡藏沙 前生未明
風起 青蓮芳香 渡海時至
地動山搖
死不瞑目
(translated by Henry Wei Leung)
stand midway in water the earth hears
opening a thousand eyes turn upward summon a strip of cloud
shadow of cloud skipping past the mortal coil clear water receding
the scorched earth surfaces fire of a thousand years quenched
one dream one dust vacantly guarding time with no end
the mortal coil marooned on land sky and earth howl
a hand harboring sand the past life unclear
wind rises blue utpala giving fragrance ferry hour to the other shore
shaking ground shuddering mount
dying with clenched eyes
