Nowadays, with well-developed transportation and flourishing information technology, people take pleasure in travelling. In fact, travelling abroad to enjoy vacations at a variety of exotic destinations has become a great delight longed for by people in their hustle and bustle modern life. However, what I concern about is: “Do we think that beautiful scenery only exists in far-away places and cannot be connected with our daily life?”; “Do we have to lay our perception of beauty on the shelf after coming home from travelling?”; “Is it possible to find beauty in every ordinary scene we encounter in our daily life if we maintain the same mood that is ready to appreciate beautiful scenery as the one we have when travelling?”. This series of self-dialogues has inspired me to explore the neglected scenery in my neighbourhood. Specifically I have roamed among the lanes and alleys within an area no further than 10 blocks from my residence in search of the unseen extraordinary places in my everyday life.
Through the “Random Places” series, I have transformed each of my daily walking activities into a journey of self-exploration. “What is beauty? How can I perceive the beauty in the ordinary scenes along the paths?” Through constantly strolling along the streets in my neighbourhood and carefully exploring their styles and features, I gradually notice an atmosphere of simplicity and tranquility among them. By making use of the relativity among subjects in the frame and the crossed real and imaginary scenes in the light and shadows, I have experienced the charm between reality and visions and drawn a new contour for daily beautiful scenery.
Intentionally avoiding particular local landmarks, I constructed visual aesthetics from anonymous streets, fences, walls, etc., through which I tried to make a connection with the viewers and convey the idea that no matter what city we live in, as long as we think carefully and focus on the very moment, we will be able to find visual sensation in our plain and dull real life among ordinary lanes and alleys. I also tried to raise the possibility that as long as we are mindful enough, we can transform every ordinary experience into a realistic and beautiful moment.
現今交通發達、資訊蓬勃，人們樂於旅行，到異地度假成了冗忙生活中引領而望的盛事，我關注的是：「我們是否認為美麗的風景只存在於遙遠的他方，無法與日常生活連結，在旅程結束返家後，反將美的感知置之高閣？」「如果能秉持遊歷時欣賞美景的心情面對現實中的日常風景，美，可不可以無所不在？」這一連串的自我對話開啟了我以居家附近十條街之內的巷弄為主題，步行為途徑，嘗試探索在有限地域內被忽略的景貌。
透過「我在．巷弄間」這個系列的創作，我將每一次的日常步行活動都轉化成為自我探索的旅程：「美是什麼？我如何能在司空見慣的路徑裡感覺出美？」經由不間斷的在街頭巷尾間反覆行走，仔細研究其面貌，逐漸領略出其中簡約、靜謐的氛圍，運用景物的相對關係，光影的交叉虛實，勾勒出介於現實與想像之間的美感經驗，並賦予日常美景新的輪廓。
我的影像刻意略過當地特有的地標， 僅從無名的街道、圍籬、泥牆等城市要件中建構出視覺美感，並藉此特質與觀者產生聯結，傳達無論我們身居那一個城市，縱使在平凡的日常巷弄間，當我們用心思考、專注當下，不僅能在平淡無奇的現實生活中尋獲視覺感動，也提出一種可能性，當我們全神貫注，每一個尋常的經驗都能轉變成真實而美麗的剎那。