As you stand before this piece, what comes to mind? Are you drawn in by the sense of familiarity—yet strangeness—of the ancient seal script? Do the bold, sweeping strokes and rounded, sculptural brushwork invite you to lean in, to look closer? This tension between recognition and mystery lies at the heart of what Chang Tien-chine explores in this work: the emotional resonance and evolving form of written language. Writing is one of humanity’s essential ways of understanding the world. Through learning, we grasp the rules of writing and the meanings behind characters. We write and record stories, hoping to pass them on through generations. Yet along the way, those stories might be altered or even forgotten. Still, our curiosity about stories never fades. That curiosity is precisely what keeps culture alive and passed down through the generations.
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