Chamber of Young Snow often emphasizes the importance of teachers. There is a Hong Kong singer, Cherie Chan, who married a Malaysian tycoon. She grew up in a poor family but had a strong desire to learn the piano. She tried to persuade her mother to let her take piano lessons, but due to their financial situation, her mother told her, “Piano lessons are expensive. If you can find a teacher willing to teach you for free, then it’s fine.” So, Cherie Chan went to school and asked the piano teacher if he could teach her without charge. The teacher asked, “Do you really want to learn?” She replied, “I truly want to learn the piano.” Touched by her sincerity, the teacher agreed to teach her for free. This marked the beginning of her journey to becoming a singer.
Many teachers are willing to share knowledge out of passion, and teaching is always mutually beneficial. Much of the knowledge we acquire in life comes from teachers; without them, today’s intellectuals would not have been nurtured.
Today, I will share a painting by Wassily Kandinsky, whose works are also displayed in New York museums. This piece, titled “Improvisation 35,” may appear chaotic on the surface but gives a sense of comfort. Its balance is achieved through color, light and dark, lines, shapes, warm and cool color schemes, biases towards objects, and more. This is the most typical representation of asymmetrical yet equilibrium-based expression.
