你的自我价值由你自己决定，你不必依赖别人来定义你是谁。
Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone telling you who you are.
Stories are the way we make sense of the world.
Sometimes the simplest melodies are the hardest to write.
"A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, but others are allowed to read."
"The most ordinary life, when examined closely, becomes extraordinary."
I want the painting to be flesh, to have the same kind of life as the sitter.