Arts

Gourd, Everywhere

Art Collection

Through everyday observation, I noticed how ubiquitous gourds are in objects, ornaments, and urban spaces. This discovery led me to investigate their transformation from practical containers for water, wine, medicine, and seeds into symbols of well-being, life, and cosmic imagination. I found that the gourd’s hollow cavity is not an absence, but an open possibility: a vessel continually reshaped by the desires and collective memories of different eras. What might we place inside it today, and what do we hope to carry into the future?

School Art Club

creating together, after class

As a member of the school’s art club, I help organize creative activities that bring our school community closer together. By decorating shared spaces and designing interactive installations, we encourage students to express themselves and connect with one another. For example, in a New Year’s wish-card activity, students wrote their wishes on the backs of cards, which we displayed around campus and turned over on the eve of the New Year, transforming individual hopes into a shared celebration.