YUNXUAN LIN
Flow where mountains wait
This work attempts to sense the flow that runs through the mountains and wilderness. When moving swiftly through the landscape, there is always a desire to grasp that fleeting moment—to hold onto time, to seize freedom, even to catch the water itself. Distant mountains remain still, nearby trees flash before the eyes, and the river stretches slowly onward, accompanied by the sound of wind brushing through leaves and moving water.
Here, flow does not arise from visible change, but from a premonition of something yet to happen. The season has not turned; nothing has fully arrived. The image lingers in the moment before transition, when time no longer advances but is temporarily suspended, settling into the air, the soil, and the distance between what is far and what is near.
The river does not announce change; it simply carries the possibility of transformation. The mountains never move, yet they retain the memory of countless cycles. The trees closest to the body mark the presence of the now. Through these layered spatial relationships, the work seeks to evoke a temporal experience that is neither past nor future—one that exists precisely because something has not yet occurred.
Size: 24*40 inches
Year: 2026
