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