有一阵子，我喜欢用不同的色块来构图，表现出山水的气势，简化那些高山大水成为一方一方不同层次的色块，甚至连底下那些个树丛，我们也把它简化成像“伞”一样的结构。如此做来，使画面介于半具象半抽象之间，也比较可以让人多“寻味”一下。

艺术的极致就是“简化”。把物象简化成半具象半抽象，说它像又不像，说它不像又有点像，在简化的过程中自然也能简化、净化自我的心灵。

There was a time when I liked to use compositions consisting of different blocks of color to express the grandeur of mountain landscapes. I simplified the high peaks and great rivers as layered patches of color, and I even simplified trees and forests as little umbrella-shaped forms. These semi-realistic, semi-abstract paintings can give people plenty of room for using their imaginations.

Simplification is the essence of art. When objects have been simplified into semi-realistic, semi-abstract forms, you can say there is a resemblance, but it's also unlike, or you can say it's unlike, but there's also a resemblance. You can also naturally simplify and purify your soul in the simplification process.＠

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