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Our host can't wait to try painting and she goes about choosing her ink. The artist describes the process that needs to be unlearned in order for us to let out what's truly in our hearts. We should disregard our training and just paint.
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After the host finishes her painting the artist interprets in in relation to her life. He tells her that her life will move in one particular direction but She will have some difficulty right in the middle. In this way his work becomes a type of fortune telling.
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The artist explains more of his life philosophy and our inherent contradictions.
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In the end our host gives us the message that we should try our best to change the things we can and not over think the things we can't change about ourselves.
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An older artist explains how there were no artist studios back in his day.
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The artist begins by explaining his daily process of painting.
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The artist tells about the intricacies of his very dull painting process. Some people say they want to come watch him painting, but he advises against it. The magic is in the tedium.
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The artist describes how he first began painting oil paintings. He copied the paintings on on poker chips confiscated during the cultural revolution.
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The painter describes how he would travel all over his city in his teenage years to observe all the different oil painters he could see.
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The artist talks about how art progresses and how that progression has to move slowly.
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The artist talks about how in his day conversation was more lively and people weren't looking at their phones all the time.
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The artist describes how he draws inspiration from Chinese mythology, but he has his own flavor and interpretations.
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The artist explains some of the mythology that goes into his work
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The artist explains some more myths that directly tie into his work.
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The artist talks about video games and the host talks about a video game.
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The artist talks about how in the future the things that we see as science they will see as legends.
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The artist describes how legends and myths are the blueprints for our future development.
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The artist shows that in our myths it is preordained that our advancements are all in service of returning to our mythological paradise.
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