The two pastors wanted to invite me to make a painting for the foyer of their new church. Their faces changed when they saw the picture. The church members prefer something more like Leonardo da Vinci's 'Last Supper'. I knew in my heart that these two pastors were right. They worked at the grassroot level.
Life is short.
As a Chinese Christian artist, I can but grasp every moment of the fleetingly short lifespan I have to do one thing - to fight for the contextualization of Chinese Christian Art. I am also afraid I may not do a good job. I only want to do something that is different from da Vinci's era, something that belongs to the present era. We stand at the crossroads between two centuries. I want to meet the challenge of the future, not to just follow the flow.