It is hard to tell when exactly I made this work, as sometimes it just happened unconsciously and randomly. Works do not start directly from a clear concept or idea. Instead, they often emerge as a vague outline, then gradually develop and become complete. I often buy some materials and leave them in the studio, they may be forgotten, or they may obtain multiple connections later. Creation does not need to be mystified, but you have to believe that time has ambiguous ability of associating everything. The studio is actually a place allowing this to happen. Such occasional encounter does not lead to only one result. It depends. I cannot define this as ‘work’ at present, I’d rather say they are ‘materials’. The clues here were not determined distinctly or consistently before. Sometimes, we have to be very cautious about this kind of consistency. Certainly, I do not believe inspirations. Art should be established upon a certain kind of cognition. It needs rationality, raising questions and contexts. But an artist should not see it as everything. It is just a start.

When we make works, we will certainly have some expectation for the unknown. Suspending or pause is a normal situation, just like wine brewing, but the process is more potential. Usually, the art that only involves ideas does not have process. A mature artist will not be afraid of uncertainty. He just needs some inspirations and luck. Some works come to an end, when they are displayed in the exhibition space, while some will continue. Whether the work exists by itself or with other works, it can be regarded as shelved in display to some extent. In most cases, what an artist has been doing is usually the same thing. The difference just refers to the presentation way. Of course, an artist’s quality of being diverse does exist, which is rather important. But it depends on whether the artist is paradoxical enough inside.