Creative Thoughts by Zhu Yiyong
During this period, the headache caused by rhinobula has made it difficult for me to sleep every night. The coal smell drifting in from outside at night is even more unbearable, soI don't want to sleep with the window open. I went to the hospital for examinations,from CT to MRI.Finally, it was diagnosed as acute rhinobula inflammation.The doctor suggested hospitalization and surgical treatment.After much consideration.I decided on conservative treatment. This was in the spring of 2008.Later,with the recommendation of relatives and friends, i started to do foot acupoint scraping therapy every day. As long as i was in Chongqing, i had to travel more than 30 kilometers every day. I began this treatment for over three years. As time passed, the symptoms were relieved. Later,due to changes in the environment, rhinobula inflammation was sometimes better and sometimes worse.
In the summer of 2010, my wife and I went to Wutai Mountain.We took a tourist bus and passed through Shanxi, with a dusty road ahead. No, it should be a thick cloud of coal dust swirling everywhere. We were traveling through a sea of coal trucks. The visibility was extremely low. On the road, we saw towering chimneys like forests rising in the yellowish-gray sky. There was no sign ofgreen. This scene was unforgettable.
Over the past few years, I have been constantly traveling:Beijing,Shanghai,Chongqing,Chengdu,Shanxi,Xinjiang,Guizhou,Jiangxi,Anhui,Kangding,Putuo,Dali,Shangri-La,Derong......The place I visited the most was Beijing.1 had to stay there for several months every year. Most of the time, it was smoggy weather, especially in winter when the situation was even worse. When walking on the street, one could smell the pungent odor. The streets were filled with people wearing masks. Now, in Beijing and other places, many people can no longer tolerate this situation. They are fleeing to areas with better air quality indices.
Nowadays, air quality rankings and food safety are the topics of discussion among people. Words like PM2.5 keep popping up in daily life, which were never heard of before. From the previous year to the current year and then to this year. From the south to the north, China has entered a difficult era of rampant smog.A large amount of information about smog has emerged. The appearance of smog and haze, and even the online phrase "We are being suffocated by the haze"
In the era of rampant materialism and consumption, people have been destroying the living environment in an attempt to ensure their own survival and development.The current situation of deteriorating environment, excessive urban expansion,repeated relocation and construction, etc., has pushed humanity to the opposite side of nature, disrupting the natural balance. Faced with the continuous deterioration of the living environment and the natural environment, people living in the present era have no choice but to confront reality.What these realities bring to life are not only shock but also reflection.
In 2011,1 began to have the idea of creating the "State of Mind" series of works. 1 shifted my creative direction to thinking about the current ecological environment.Through continuous exploration and multiple experimental attempts, I repeatedly pondered and finally found the relationship between the medium and the materials. I constantly tried to use new languages to present what I wanted to express, attempting to explore and re-understand the relationships between people and people, and between people and nature, and deeply experiencing my inner soul.
Zhu Yiyong
June 23rd, 2014 at Huxi
心 境 • 创 作 随 想
这段时间,鼻窦引起的头痛让我每晚难以入睡,每到夜晚从窗外漂来的焦煤味更是不愿开窗睡觉,去医院检查,从CT到核磁共振,最后确诊急性鼻窦炎,医生建议住院手术治疗,我思虑再三，决定保守治疗，这是2008年春。随后在亲友的推荐下，开始每天去做足部穴位刮疗，只要在重庆，每天往返三十多公里，开始了长达三年多时间的治疗，随着一天天过去，症状得以缓解，后来随着环境的变换，鼻窦炎时好时坏。
2010年夏，我和妻子去五台山，坐着旅游大巴车，途径山西一路尘土飞扬，不，应该是漫天煤灰飞舞，我们穿行在一辆辆运煤的车海中，能见度极低，在路上看见黄灰色的天空中耸立着像森林一样的烟囱，看不到一点绿色，这种景象使人难以忘记。
这几年不停的行走在旅途中：北京、上海、重庆、成都、山西、新疆、贵州、江西、安徽、康定、普陀、大理、香格里拉、德荣……去得最多的是北京，每年都要在北京呆上几个月，大部分时间都是雾霾天，特别在冬天情况更糟，走在路上能闻到刺鼻的气味，大街上都是戴口罩的人。现在无论在北京、还是重庆等地，不少人无法忍受这一现状，分分逃离，去空气质量指数好的地区。现今各地空气质量排名、食品安全是人们谈论的焦点，生活中什么PM2.5等等，以前从未听过的词不断出现。从前年到去年再到今年，从南到北,中国迎来雾霾肆虐的艰难时代,有关雾霾的各类信息大量涌现，雾霾、灰霾的出现，以至人们网络用语“我们被活霾”。
在物欲横流的消费时代，人们为了自身生存和发展大肆破坏生存环境，环境日益恶化、城市过度扩张、重复撤迁建设等现状，将人类推向了与自然的对立面,破坏了自然平衡。面对生存环境和自然环境的不断恶化,生活在当下的人们,不得不面对现实。生活中一幕幕现实带来的除了震撼，更多的是反思。
2011年我便萌发了要画《心境》这个系列作品的想法，将创作思路转入对当今生态环境的思考，在不断的探索和多次实验性尝试中，反复琢磨，终于在媒介和材料的运用中找到二者的关系。我不断尝试用新的语言来呈现所想表达的东西，试图探讨并重新认识人与人、人与自然的关系，深入感受自己的内在心灵。
朱毅勇
2014年6月23日于虎溪