這是八年前的舊作了。當時已題字落款，預備要展出或是「出嫁」的，不知何故又保留下來。前些日子偶爾翻開篋子，在櫃子底下發現了它，如獲至寶，像老朋友久別重逢一般。

一幅畫出去了，掛在別人家裡，就有「嫁女兒」的心情。當然希望新主人能夠好好地珍愛它、疼惜它。而不是為了敷衍人情，隨便施捨幾個小錢買來隨便掛的應酬品。

雖說畫家賣畫是天經地義之事，但如賣得便宜了，這張畫鐵定是沒有好下場了。有一次我去鄉下散步，經過一處農人的菜園，那菜園裡竟然有用許多幅有美麗圖畫的木框串接起來做矮牆的。蹲下一看，竟是桃園縣某某畫家的畫作。連忙打電話給××某，他趕過來一看，差點都氣死了，這就是畫作賤賣的後果。至於說把畫送人，那更是沒得分說的了。

This is an old work from 8 years ago, and I had already stamped and signed it at that time. The painting was going to be shown at an exhibition or sold to someone. I don't know why I ended up keeping it. I opened a trunk by chance not long ago and discovered it at the bottom. It felt like finding a lost treasure, as if seeing an old friend after a long time.

It feels like a daughter has been married out when a painting of mine is sold and hung in someone else's house. Without doubt, I want the new owner to cherish and love it. I don't my paintings become objects to be bought with some money and used as social flourishes.

Although it is expected that painters will sell their paintings, a painting will absolutely come to a bad end if it is sold too cheaply. I was once strolling around in the countryside and passed through a vegetable patch. I saw that the low fence of the vegetable patch was connected using frames with beautiful paintings. I discovered they were paintings done by a painter in Taoyuan County after squatting down to have a good look at them. I called this person in a hurry, and he was so mad when he saw how his paintings had been used. This is what happens when a painter sells his paintings too cheaply. As for paintings that are given as gifts, we can expect even worse outcomes. ＠

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