In 2003, it was the rainy season in a small southern town. Su Yue, a sophomore girl in high school, met Lin Guanyan, a weirdo who was rescuing a copy of "Zhuangzi" in the library. He pointed at her palm and said: "Your wisdom line is as messy as mine." This was the first strange tacit understanding between them.
For the next sixteen years, from Beijing to New York, from Dunhuang to Huizhou, the two always maintained just the right distance: phone calls once every two weeks, occasional emails, and precisely calculated reunions. They know each other better than anyone else (knowing each other's habit of eating dumplings, the details of palm prints, and the deepest fears in their hearts), but they dare not get close to each other more than anyone else.
Lin Guanyan is an ancient book restorer and believes that "some things cannot be repaired, so it is better to leave them as they are"; Su Yue is an art data analyst and is used to using reason to deconstruct everything, except this relationship. They had confessions late at night, holding hands in the rain, and vulnerability before the hospital bed, but they were never able to take that step.
In 2019, an installation art piece at the Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai gave the final metaphor: "Some encounters are like two rivers flowing at different speeds. They run parallel and reflect each other, but are always out of phase."
Two hands wearing the same style of rings held each other gently in the dark exhibition hall. The position of the seventh star (fluctuating light) is always on - it is the one among the Big Dipper that controls "unfinished business".
Concept: The blank space is the place to breathe