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LINXI (B.1961) LINXI (B.1961) LINXI (B.1961)
‘CHIZI’ in running script ‘XINGFU MOTIANLUN’ in running script ‘RUOSHUI SANQIAN’ in running script
Ink on paper, inscribed by the artist and dated Ink on paper, inscribed by the artist and dated Ink on paper, inscribed by the artist and dated
2021, signed Lin Xi with two seals reading Lin 2021, signed Lin Xi with three seals reading 2021, signed Lin Xi with three seals reading Lin
xi and Wuwai, framed and glazed. Lin xi, Mingyue qianshen and wuwai, framed xi, wuwai and Mingyue qianshen, framed and
131.3cm (51 3/4in) x 29.8cm (11 3/4in) and glazed. glazed.
67.3cm (26 1/2in) x 56.4cm (22 1/4in) 35.1cm (13 7/8in) x 97.7cm (38 1/2in)
HKD8,000 - 10,000
US$1,000 - 1,300 HKD8,000 - 10,000 HKD8,000 - 10,000
US$1,000 - 1,300 US$1,000 - 1,300
林夕 行書「赤子」水墨紙本 鏡框
林夕 行書「幸福摩天輪」水墨紙本 鏡框 林夕 行書「弱水三千」水墨紙本 鏡框

款識：
（歌詞不錄），葉德嫺唱，林夕詞。作於一九九 款識： 款識：
一年，書於二零二一年。 幸福摩天輪，（歌詞不錄），林夕詞，陳奕迅唱。 三千春江水，暫住寂寞天空。逛夠了世界，撇進
一九九九年作，二零二一年書。 了春風。麥浚龍唱，林夕詞。作於二〇〇九年，
鈴印：林夕、物外 書於二〇二一年。
鈴印：林夕、物外、明月前身
The lyrics of “Chizi” was written based on 鈴印：林夕、物外、明月前身
the father-and-son relationship depicted in “Happy Ferris Wheel” was written by Lin
the 1990 Hong Kong movie Blue Lightning, for Hong Kong pop singer Eason Chan in “Ruoshui sanqian” (literally ‘Weak Water
performed by the beloved Hong Kong singer 1999. On the earlier draft, he tried writing Three Thousand’) is a song Lin wrote for
Ms. Deanie Ip. The theme is to ‘Stay Gold’ and the five words of the song name in circular Hong Kong singer Juno Mak (b. 1984) in
never forget why you started in the stream of arrangement yet it did not work - you cannot 2009. In this calligraphy, Lin interprets the zen
life events - the character chi was presented force it, the same as the pursuit of happiness. philosophy of water in having the character
playfully with an improvised drop of ink parallels Later the present work was done impromptu ‘weak’ dominating the space and intriguingly,
to our status as a child, then the character zi with the right balance in composition, the becoming the ‘strong’ component in the
was deliberately elongated to illustrate the long lyrics surrounding the name of the song like a work. The strokes of the same character are
road of life the child has to travel. setting sun. Just like the pursuit of happiness, composed by lines imitating water waves
it is always set in motion like a turning Ferris and ink droplets, creating beautiful imagery all
《赤子》： wheel. What is the fun if the wheel has together carrying the other three characters
原為配合電影《藍色霹靂火》中一段父子情所 stopped? floating above. The name of the song comes
寫，詞情當然如不止於親情，葉德嫻獨家嗓音 from the Buddhist saying “Weak water three
一開腔，跟初生之犢情懷反差中更見赤子難 《幸福摩天輪》： thousand, I will only take one scoop”, Lin
求。在遠遠近近、冷冷暖暖裡、情意隨城市高高 added his own understanding of the saying
本來嘗試把「幸福摩天輪」歌名寫成圓形，實
低低間，保存初心之路還長著，似「子」字一直 in the lyrics as “Three thousand spring rivers,
驗品未免太像模仿失敗的摩天輪，「幸福」本
延伸到淺灰色歌詞摘句盡頭，執筆時能不往下 非刻意求工可得，而該如現在所書，隨心一 living in the lonely sky just for a little while.
歪掉就好。「赤」字兩旁幾點，「故意不刻意」地， When it had wandered enough in the world, it
揮，字體大小不一，「幸」左邊超長，「摩」字一
讓吸飽墨汁後的筆鋒，自然如自由落體滴在紙 鉤往下探，「輪」字一豎一捺保住整體躍動中 will drop and be carried by the spring breeze.”
上，恰似赤子在玩墨戲，但是看似無心之得，實
的平衡。大小粗細歌詞則包圍成半圓形，宛若
出於設計本心。 《弱水三千》：
一輪初升旭日或無限好之夕陽，看你怎麼看。
怎麼看，「幸福」本來就是在追追趕趕，高高低 人生座右銘之一：「上善若水」。身為老莊系創
作人，寫過無數首「水」詞，包括以太極為題材
低之間，如日出日落輪轉，妄求固定不變，即
如摩天輪停滯，又有何樂趣可言。 的電影電視劇主題曲，以致很多「含水量」的情
歌。但弱水三千，若只取一瓢飲，則以這首麥
浚龍主唱的《弱水三千》為集大成，自詡寫盡了
「雲在青天水在瓶」的三千世界禪意。水累積
成勢則強，如作品中「弱」字那一「弓」開筆，拐
了幾個水波似的彎後，往下橫向成斷斷續續細
水漫遊。右邊則更「弓無勁」，只有柔弱水紋。「
弱」字本來只得四點，然而水花四濺下，多出來
兩點，也可以融合為一大點水觀之。至於「水三
千」亦以柔柔水流筆勢，點綴留白處，以寄寓「
有無」「輕重」一水之哲學。《人間》與《幸福摩天
輪》構圖如電影海報，這幅則嘗試以字入畫，開
展如水般電影畫面。

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