净土（彩墨）
画画我绝少题诗题句。一方面是我们的画并不预留什么可以题诗题句的空间；另一方面，尽抄一些古诗古词来题画早就没有什么新意了。更有甚者，写了一些格律不合，俗不可耐或语意不通的“打油诗”来题画，附庸风雅一番，恐怕更要贻笑方家。
这幅画虽小，但因为我们小心地雕琢，倒也十分细致。由于画面已满，题句就显得多余。其实我认为画上不要题太多的文字、说太多的话，画本身就会说话，不必画蛇添足。至于像我们这种在画外写些“旁白”的小短文，纯是剖析我人作画当时的心境以及一些创作心得。读者看或不看无关宏旨。
Pure Land/ink and color painting
I very seldom add any poems or text to my paintings. For one thing, I don’t leave much space in my paintings for writing; for another, just copying some old poetry onto a painting seems to lack any originality. Furthermore, it is extremely pretentious to write doggerel with a bad meter or unclear or vulgar meaning on a painting; this is a good way to make oneself a laughingstock.
Although small, this painting is carefully crafted, and achieves an effect of great delicacy. The fullness of the scene would make adding text seem superfluous. I really feel that it is not saitable to add too much text to a painting. A painting should speak for itself; as the Chinese saying goes, “there’s no need to add feet to a snake.” When I do write this kind of short “voice over” message, is purely to illuminate my mental state or artistic insights of that time. Reading or not reading the message will not affect a viewer’s impression of the painting as a whole.＠
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