A Stolen Kiss

chinese ink painting on rice paper.

caption on the painting:
你侬我侬
辛卯年三月初九

"you love me and i love you"
the year of xinmao, third month day nine.
(according to chinese lunar calendar)

the origin of the verse in the caption is a very interesting story.
the famous calligrapher of the yuan dynasty zhao meng fu（赵孟頫） desired a second wife, in reply which his wife wrote him a poem:
你侬我侬，忒煞情多；情多处，热如火；把一块泥，捻一个你，塑一个我，将咱两个一齐打碎，用水调和；再捻一个你，再塑一个我。我泥中有你，你泥中有我；我与你生同一个衾，死同一个椁。
'you love me and i love you, what a enviable romance;
where love deepens, it's hot as fire.
hold a handful of earth, and mould a 'you', sculpt a 'me'.
shatter us to powder and mix with water.
again, mould a 'you' and sculpt a 'me'.
now in my soil there is you, and in your soil there is me.
you and i were born a same cradle,
we will die in a common grave.'

and with this poem, the calligrapher's wife won her husband's heart and he never had another wife.

anyway, here's the reference photo:
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here's the promised walk-through for this painting:



and by #dALinkSystem please check out block lino print owls by ~sharmd88



whimsical and mysterious, the owls are well depicted as the creatures of the night.