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Hi,Dear Friends
 How are you?
This week is quite important in my life ? I completed the study in Chinese National Academy of Arts and got my second certificate (the first one was gotten from China Central Academy of Fine Arts last July) in the graduation; two of my paintings that are a part of my comprehensive art were published in the new book of us by the Chinese Cultural Publishing House formally. Then I visited 11 of my middle and high school teachers, and completed 2 paintings of wisteria (105 cm x 226 cm) and (81 cm x 153cm)...
If speaking that I felt warm in the graduation in CNAA -- the Secretary of the Party Committee of CNAA, 3 of the vice presidents and all of the artists in the Chinese Painting School attended it and gave us so many good advices. Especially, I heard the similar words I had heard in CAFA ? the Chinese Painting School is just your home in Beijing, you are welcome back at any time. Then, I was deeply touched by my middle and high school teachers.
Among of them, the youngest is 61, the oldest is near 70, all of them have retired from their positions and many of them have become the grandmothers or grandfathers. But,  they are still working hard and they would like to help and support me to complete my comprehensive art dreams -- to go back the Great Northern Wilderness (in northeast China) to do something helpful and meaningful for the local teenagers since one of work in my proposal or my work plan for my afterlife is: except going abroad to help the non-Chinese Speakers to learn Chinese language, culture and art, I would like to go to the remote districts and the poor or disaster areas, to help Chinese teenagers to learn our own culture via some different art styles together - a comphrehansive art style, to return my own motherland with what I have learned.
The first place I would like to go regularly is the Great Northern Wilderness, the place that my middle /high school teachers and I had lived and worked. As their student, I mentioned out of my idea and I would like to hear their comments and to get their advices and help. Then I got it with a grateful heart and so much touched feeling.
-- Mr. Zhu Huahua, the former schoolmaster of us told me that you need not worry about the expenses to work there. We are not rich people as teachers, but, we can support  our own fee to work for the teenagers free as volunteers with you in the Great Northern Wilderness regularly. The problem is that you should figure out what you would like to do for the local teenagers, how to do it and how to keep it regularly for a long time... Then he gave me many good directions.
-- Dr. Kong Guoping, who was my former physics,chemistry and math teacher, he has been working on writing books according to the requests of the publishing houses after he retired from his work position. Even though he is quite busy on his writing jobs, he would really like to help me to do some plan job.
-- Mr. Wu Xuebing, who was the former English teacher in the school, gave me so many encouragements on my current comprehensive art exploration. He did think what I am doing will be help not only to the non-Chinese speakers, but also to the Chinese teenagers, while he gave me many suggestions on how to do the marketing jobs and how to improve my own working level.
-- Mr. Wu Dehua who was the Secretary of the Youth League Committee and his wife Mrs. Cao Xuefen have been keeping a  good connection with me since I went to my first university in 1978, always it was them to send me to go to the Beijing Airport and to help me to have an opportunity to visit my teachers in Beijing. He would really like to help me to do the liaison work.
-- Mr. Cui Renhao who was the physics teacher asked me: Shirley, do you think it is possible to organize an activity to service for the local teenagers in the Great Northern Wilderness? I said Yes. Then he said 鈥� Then you try to do that. 鈥�
Then we plan to go back the location that we had worked in the Great Northern Wilderness regularly, to do some assistant education jobs for the local teenagers as volunteers since next summer vacation.
Do you know what the most touched thing after the reunion was?
-- Mrs Ni Xiujin and his Husband Mr.Zhang Hua who was a former physical education teacher sent me back home. Both  of them drove for about 2 hours on the road in the heavy rain. Because I am bad at remembering the directions and road and I could not give them help at all. So that Mr. Zhang Hua had to go out of the car 4 times in the rain, to ask the policeman and the other drivers...
To be honest, when I looked at the kind faces of my former teachers, listened to their good advices, felt their sincere caring for to me. My heart was full of the warm and touching feeling.
As soon as I came back home, I wrote to my boss, some entrepreneurs and friends. I wished to get the understanding, help and support from the society and more people, work together, to spread the positive part of the ancient Chinese culture in the world and those faraway, poor and disaster areas in our own motherland.
Even though I went to sleep with the stomachache and wake up with it together, to work on the computer with the often bloated fingers, my heart is full of the happiness.
I am sure, I can certainly create something beautiful, meaningful and helpful, while to overcome the sickness by the good help and support from those good people.
I will go back Shenzhen as soon possible, to see my doctors, to record my music in the professinal recording studio, to paint and to edit something for my possible travel ? rely on my healthy condition.
The work is hard, the road is winding, the future will be bright. Do you think so?
Do you have anything special to share?
Notes:
-- On the first photo are both of Professor & the Executive Dean of Chinese Paintings Shool of CNAA Man Weiqi & I.
--On the second photo are both of the associate director of Teaching Department of Chinese Paintings Shool of CNAA Mr. Wu Tong & I.
--On the third photo are both of my tutor Lu Wenqing & I
--On the fouth photo are my own works in the art exhibition
--On the last photo are my teachers & I
-- I have painted 5 paintings of wisteria recently and I have also prepared the data for the story behind my painting of wisteria. However, I will no time to do that in Beijing, I will do it in Shenzhen. I am sorry for it.
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