This Is Not an Abstract Painting, It’s Taiwan River Pollution

Text and images by Chen Chi-Hsiang

To the artist’s eye, it appears as a beautiful abstract painting,

more vivid than nature itself captured by the painter’s brush,

but on-site, it reveals environmental degradation of the land.

Between beauty and sorrow,

do not be deceived by appearances.

The beautiful Earth that sustains human life

requires everyone to join hands in its protection;

the cause of sustainability begins with oneself.