Always Here for You – 03. Eternal Love
《六十八幀心靈共繪草案》：當我的畫筆遇見你的解讀 – 03. 皈心

Size: 20 x 25.5 cm

Medium: Mixed Media on Canvas

Year of work: 2025

It is often said that parental love is an eternal flame. When I was young, I also believed their love was unconditional, like a boundless ocean filled with love.

As I grew, my hope for such everlasting love continued to align with my spirit. However, with time, I started to see that, nothing seems to be truly eternal.

Parental love often carries expectations and demands, like a script that you have to follow. Walking away from their script can result in “no love return” as a consequence. Romantic love, too, becomes unsustainable, maybe due to a third heart, or the harsh reality of life.

Every form of love seems to hang by a thread of selfishness, weighing give and take. This selfishness makes eternal love so fragile. After experiencing countless heartaches and pain, I came to the truth that: we are the one who give eternal love to ourselves! Only we can unconditionally embrace and accept our imperfections, and cherish ourselves.

In my painting, the swirling vortex represents the cycle of reincarnation as we seek eternal love. The center of the painting – the red glitter symbolizes returning to oneself, to seek for the answers within. Perhaps we must all comprehend that eternal love is not something that we can chase in the outside world – it has always nestled within us. By cherishing ourselves and practicing self-love, we break through barriers to love others and attract the love that keeps our soul happy!

人常說：父母的愛是永恆的愛。年輕的我也相信父母的愛是無條件的。

到長大後，談戀愛後的我也會希望愛是永恆的。 只是越大越發現，其實沒有東西是永恆的。

父母的愛帶著期望，帶著要求，如果沒有按著他們爲你安排的劇本，他們也會不愛你。談戀愛也會因爲不同的原因分手，可能因爲第三者，可能因爲現實環境。

每份愛都好像帶著點自私，所有都是權衡利弊後的結果。因爲自私所以愛很難永恆，經歷了無數失望後，其實只有愛自己才是真正的永恆，因爲只有自己才會無條件的去包容，去接納，去欣賞自己。

畫中的漩渦代表著我們無數人都在無限輪回地尋找這份永恆的愛， 而最後在畫中央的紅色閃粉代表著回歸到自己，在自己的内在尋找答案。 或許，我們都需要明白，愛不是不斷對外要求或尋找，這份愛早就在我們的内心。愛好自己了，便有能力去愛其他人，又從而吸引到適合自己的愛。