Liberty BirdIn Flight
#85024 28″ X 22″ Indian ink on paper
Soaring Like Birds
“Over your head the vast expanse of sky
under your feet, a great wonderful Land
to the distant shore your casting light
Were it not for that voice, color, and feeling
you would remain unknown, even one thousand years passed by
Upright erected, you command the bay
casting your hope upon people’s Mind
You are the torchlight for seafaring tribes
reaching out your voice to all humankind
We demand Dignity, Quality, Humanity
forever enduring as Our dreams
Soaring like birds
swimming like fish
moving like animals
radiating like God, your ultimate brightness
silently, unceasingly
bringing Liberty, Peace, and Love
to every corner of the Earth.”
– Lin Jong-teh
– translated from Chinese to English by T. F. Chen
11 March 1986
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