Echoing Melodies -- Petian Picture Book

Author: Pang Yan
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Features: Music and pictures are twin sisters, originating from the same source but differing in form. Drawing with notes and singing with brushes should not be a difficult task. Therefore, I have sung many songs with my brush and compiled them into this collection. Unlike personalized works that deliberately construct and showcase the self's spiritual world, the works in this collection are fundamentally egoless: because the original creators of the songs have already established a stable tone for the works' spiritual character; their popularity has further replicated countless copies of the original style, deeply occupying the hearts of the singers. Despite this, the value and meaning of the works are essentially realized through a collaboration between the creators and the audience. Without the duet of the audience and the creator in spirit, the original value and meaning would lose their life. In this sense, a work must pass through the harmonies created by many different minds before it ultimately realizes its meaning. Therefore, I am both an appreciator of original songs and a creator who adds myself into them, both a passive listener who hides my "self" and listens to the melody of the songs, and an active participant who explores myself based on the theme. Good songs often leave lingering echoes, endless and unbroken. The lingering emotions that flutter are the most natural embodiment of the soul of painting. They can stir one's temperament, or refine it; they can "dance the hidden dragons in the deep gorges" or "weep for the widows on the solitary boats." I hope my pictures will be the subtle commentary beyond the meaning that brings you a smile, or a new realm that inspires further exploration.