How are you? Have you started a good new week?

Now, I am writing to you from Shenzhen which is next to Hong Kong (it is about 40 minutes by car from Hong Kong International Airport to my Home), the youngest but the modernist city, the one of the biggest cities, which has a population about13 millions and the highest density of population and cars in China.

After flying for 16 hours from Springfield, MO -- Chicago -- Hong Kong and traveled for about 26 hours between Springfield and Shenzhen Feb 18 to 19, 2016, I have come back China for 4 days.

The first thing I did after I came back China was to find Chinese food at about 10:00pm, Feb 19, 2016. Because all of the restaurants near closed except MacDonald, I ate my first "big" sea food with crab and vegetable as my lunch at a Gongdong taste restaurant next day.

Then, as soon as I cleaned my home OK, I started to paint. Working for 3 days, I have created a new painting for a Chinese classical poem. I had also translated it from Chinese into English and have written it on the painting.

Then I have had a strong feeling -- China is just my root and I must often come back my motherland. Because:

-- As soon as I came back China, I had so many inspirations, just within the short 4 days, I have had 5 ideas about creating 5 pictures for 5 classical Chinese poems in my mind already.

-- As soon as I came back China, I felt that I knew how to express my idea in my mind on the paper, even though I am still in the process of studying and exploring.

-- Even thought suffering a sharp ache on my waist after the long distance travel for a long time, I have been working on my art dream.

I am thinking, if my health can support, as soon as I complete the paintings in my mind for matching some classical Chinese poems, I am going back Beijing in March, to continue my Chinese art study, use for another 10 years, to create a top cross-cultural and comprehensive art project with creating, teaching and researching in China and in the US, and then to copy it into Australia and the other places...

How about you? Do you have anything special to share on your side?
I am just a student on Arts of Painting, Music, English and Management, to work on the web site in my free time. I would really like to do somethings with what I have learned to make this little web site to be an Electronic Bridge of Cross - Culture and Comprehensive Arts, Language & Friendship. To help the others and this world while improving myself and realizing my own value of life.

I would really like to appreciate you for your understanding, directions, supports and help.

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, you are welcome to write to shirley@ebridge.cn or leave your message on Message Board.

Sincerely,

Shirley Yiping Zhang
Feb 23, 2016 (American Local Time)