How time flies

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Acrylic and pen on canvas.14x20"The boy, who stands outside the frame, turned 18 in 2023. He’s looking at the scene of himself playing with his friend in their childhood. That scen e is spotlighted by the red lantern, which symbolizes the Chinese New Year. Here I juxtapose the 18-year-old boy with his younger self to demonstrate the elapse of time. As a mother, I feel sentimental about the passing of time without realizing it until I put the adult son into this painting with his childhood self. We don’t feel the passing of time until we see the growth of our children. At the right corner of the painting, I put a poem- "Despite being away half of your lifetime, wish you still have a young heart when you return." by a well-known poet of the Song Dynasty， Su Shi, as an expression of a mother's wish, hoping he will stay young at heart when he reaches middle age. Show more