On the Wind
On the Wind
(2025)
My prolonged gaze upon the water's surface has given rise to a unique visual experience—a kind of hallucination that persists even after I look away or close my eyes. The image of flowing water remains imprinted upon the canvas of perception, lingering and swaying. While science offers its explanations for this phenomenon, I seek to explore the nature of mind: How do the relationships between each fleeting image captured by the eye, along with those residual impressions lingering in the senses, come together to form the world as “I” perceive it? Or, more fundamentally, from which layer of my lived experience does this perception arise?
I have come to point toward a certain tactile connection with nature—a trigger of what is called “the movement of the mind”—the reflection and fluctuation of consciousness. The mind is like a mirror, reflecting all phenomena; the mind is like the ocean, giving rise to endless waves. By following this natural flow, we come to “ride the world and wander with the heart.”
Zhong Qi, 2025
