I
remember Master once said that painting flowers is by no means easy, inspiration
is essential. Minute details have to be taken care of and creative touches
are required to yield a good painting. The picture frames designed by Master
make a perfect match for Her paintings. There is no comparison between Master's
and the ordinary rectangular frames.
Once
in a dream, I saw myself at a place where there were many exotic flowers
and trees. They could talk to me and I could understand them. They told
me that I was in their country named the "Moon Land". Later, when
I bid farewell to them, they shook hands with me with their tiny leaf-hands.
At
the group meditation in Hsihu on Ching Hai Day, some replicas of Master's
paintings were put on display. My eyes were immediately drawn to a painting
entitled "Fear" depicting some flower falling from above. Each
flower seemed to have its eyes wide open, and the leaves were exactly like
those "tiny leaf-hands" in my dreams.
As
I was not financially secure at the time, I did not buy the picture; I just
said good-bye to "Fear" after appreciating it. The following day,
as soon as I stepped inside Sung Shan Bookstore, where I work, I saw "Fear"
being displayed right next to Master's photo. Later, I learnt that a fellow
practitioner had purchased it and offered it for display at the bookstore.
I looked at "Fear" and smiled. I had thought that it would have
gone to the home of some fellow practitioner after the retreat on Ching
Hai Day. To my surprise and delight, now I can see "Fear" every
day when I go to work.
