Lien-Chin HOU 侯連秦
Spirituality Touching-9 靈動-9
玻璃、奧羅拉大理石 Glass,Aurora Marble
26x15x8.7cm
2022
2021~至今 玻璃與石材結合的創作
過去的創作依自身的喜愛、個性、內涵、人生歷練轉化成形，具現化的能力，所謂相由心生，有內在的組成才能構成形式的樣貌，可惜觀賞者容易被眼前的形式所迷惑，只看外在卻看不進內在。
這次新系列創作以無形的內在、情感、能量、生命為主，以玻璃最貼切，開啟玻璃與石材混搭創作。
兩種材質都是直接造形，作者與材質的互動所產生最貼近心靈感受的結果。石材作品為象徵真實世界的具象物，玻璃作品為象徵靈性的能量生命體和虛幻的想像及無窮的思想空間。
透過玻璃在高溫塑形的過程中捕捉自然物的姿態與氣化的流動感，玻璃的透明感引入陽光的色彩與折射，使作品突破傳統立體思維，進入第4維度〝靈性〞空間，呈現真實存在的虛體。
「自我讓位」是玻璃與石材結合創作最大的領悟，已來到看山不是山的層次。玻璃如此貼近靈性，空了(透明)就是足夠了，空了反而接納更多(陽光、環境、心性、思想)，而來自大地的石材作為實體基石承接並釋放生命力，使得靈動實現，這是我對生命的理解。
2021–Present: Glass and Stone Integration
My past works have always reflected my personality, inner world, and life experiences—an embodiment of the belief that “form follows spirit.” Unfortunately, viewers often fixate on form and fail to see the inner essence.
This new series shifts the focus to the invisible: emotion, energy, and life. Glass becomes the most fitting material to convey these ideas, leading me to explore the hybrid use of glass and stone.
Both materials require direct shaping, and their interaction with the artist produces a result that most closely echoes the soul’s voice. Stone represents the physical, grounded world; glass symbolizes the spiritual, the intangible, and infinite thought.
Through high-temperature shaping, glass captures the posture of nature and the flow of vaporous motion. Its transparency brings in sunlight’s refraction and color, breaking the mold of traditional three-dimensional thought and stepping into a “fourth dimension”—the spiritual realm, revealing the unseen essence of being.
The key insight from this process is “surrendering the self.” In combining glass and stone, I have reached the point where seeing a mountain is no longer seeing a mountain.
Glass, with its transparency, holds emptiness—and in that emptiness, everything is possible. It absorbs sunlight, surroundings, emotions, and thought. Meanwhile, stone—formed by the earth—acts as the foundation, grounding and releasing energy. The combination of the two allows spiritual flow to manifest tangibly. This is my understanding of life.