Two years ago, I found several of my headshots when cleanig out old stuffs. Those were my graduation photos since I were in a kindergarden. The photos were so memorizable, so I put them in my schedule note and carried with me.
This year, I found my father's headshots when gathering his stuff after he past away, and again, I carried them with me every day in my bag.
For me, these photos are just like the snapshots of each stage of our lives; you started to remember your life, your friends, things aroud you at that time when you look at the the photos.
For a long time, these photos are just hidden memories which were picked up when I sometimes glanced at them. However I'm not the kind to hide my past behind; I love to present it instead...so...here comes the idea of the "time album" for my family, which consists of the headshots of my beloved family.
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For each family member, I picked a kind of plant as the symbol. Me, of course, is the lotus since my name is "蓮"; my yonger brother's name "和", also can be written as "禾", that means the standing grain. "蘭" was my mom's nick name, and so orchid is her symbol. The symbol of my father is a tree, since a father is always like a tree, watching over the whole family, and also his name is "中", just like a tree standing in the middle of the ground. Last but not least, my elder brother has the name "行", don't you think the shape of this word is similar to cacti?
Everyone has his/her own cardboard, and the photos are attached to the unfoldable sheet, so you can display it as timeline style.
These works have special meaning to me, not only because they are valuable family albums, but also because they were the dedication to my father's death half-anniversity.
I love you, dad!!