How are you? Have you had a good week? Are you enjoying your weekend? I do hope that you have and you are!

This is a quite busy and special week on my side.

Something most excited was that on Thursday, the Jinnan University Publishing Press gave my publication Together with Me, Learn Chinese Culture and Language by Enjoy Painting, Music and Poetry a Chinese name -- 跟我学：综合艺术汉语 ( Follow Me to Learn Combined and Artistic Chinese )

At the moment I heard it over the phone, I was a little bit surprised. How an art work became a language project? Then, the more I thought, the more I felt it was good, it was just the most suitable Chinese name of one of my series products – Vocal, Bilingual Poetry and Painting Series!

Why?

The core of a Chinese painting is poetry, it is expressed and explained by language, calligraphy, music, painting, articles, singings and records in my works. All of the things I did -- created music, wrote article, painted picture, did record for one thing -- to help non-Chinese speakers to understand the poetry, while to learn Chinese language by enjoying all of these Chinese cultural phenomena. It is really the best summary of my study, thought and exploration in the passed 12 years. It is truly making the best use of my advantages and bypassing my disadvantages in the so many art fields… :-)

At the same time, it also means:

-- We have created a new subject in the field of Chinese as a foreign language, and opened a new school (sect).

-- In operation, with the line of Chinese as a foreign language, it has combined Chinese painting, music, poetry, writing and may be more arts along with the time, to face a huge market there are audience who can be counted by billions. It will be able to create a new industry chain.

-- Academically, it is a research project in the baby phase but has related to at least three hands: to look for and create some new and the best suitable teaching methods of Chinese as a foreign language; to look for and explore some unique and more easily way to extend Chinese culture in the world; to look for and create a new business model among the interdisciplinary arts in the Internet times.

Except the first series of my products, if I continue to work on the second series that I just started in 2013 – Stories behind my Chinese Paintings; the third series – the general and daily painting and music and something more along with the time… what situation will happen?

I am thinking, when an individual’s hobby has been naturally promoted on the level that is in conformity with the country's political and industrial policy, then, it will be not far away to get the support from the government, organizations and more persons with breadth of visions. Do you think so?

So, even though I worked for 16 to 18 hours with the intermittent numb on my hands each day in the passed few weeks, the dawn of the hope in my heart supported me to write down and summary what I had thoughts in my limited time often.

Meanwhile, no matter how I am busy, I wish to keep writing to you and keep calling my family members regularly, to look after an alive friend, a friendship and family members is something important more than anything else. Right?

An interesting thing this week was: I just got the Chinese name of my publication from Gangzhou on Friday, my former company arranged 2 clerks, 4 porters, 1 car and 1 truck to help me to carry all of my private things in my office back home in Shenzhen on Saturday.

Both of the moments that I totally withdrawn from my former career and I truly started a new subject were happened almost at the same time, with a so friendly harmonious style.

I mean just on the day I left from the company, I got a message from Dr. Zheng Song - my last boss in Chinese Securities Industry: “ Wish everything is doing well with you and I am looking forward to see more and better works from you.” Meanwhile, I got a quite encouraged comment about my idea on this project from Dr. Huo Xuewen, the Secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing Monetary Authority: "Very good and there is keen insight!"

What a wonderful time it was! What a luck person I am!

With a grateful heart, this week, instead of showing any art works of mine to you, I would like to share an article that is the appendix of my publication, names Shirley's Dream Seeking Journey with you, and hope to bring you a big smile.

How about you? Do you have anything special to share?

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 Exchange, Chinese Culture and Language Learning & Friendship Making. To help the others while to improve myself.

I would 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.

Shirley Yiping Zhang
March 24, 2013(Beijing Time)