'' Birth, old age, sickness, and death are beyond my control, but at least I can paint a picture of it.''

''Today I went to the garden to sketch.

In the garden there is a patch of my mother's favorite roses. I went to them.

The large tracts of roses are connected into a blood-red sea from which people cannot look away.

I was like a sailor seduced by a siren, trapped in it, unable to extricate myself.

Let's stay a little longer today.''

ຽ( ⊗‸⊗) ''People with artistic beauty.''