I am grateful that Liu Yu-Hsin’s poems, “Between Moonlight and the Heart” and “Warmth,” have been published in Chiu Shui Poetry Quarterly.
Her poetry is quiet yet luminous. Moonlight becomes a gentle mirror for the heart, while warmth appears as a soft afternoon light that lingers without needing to possess anything.
In her words and in her painting, there is a mindful tenderness: to see, to breathe, and to return gently to oneself.
May these poems remind us that even in an imperfect world, there is still light, still a path, and still warmth.
You are warmly invited to the opening of Liu Yu-Hsin’s Chuxi Contemplative Painting Exhibition.
The opening ceremony will take place on Sunday, May 10, at 10:00 AM on the 3rd floor of Chuxi Academy.
This exhibition is not only an opportunity to view paintings, but also a gentle invitation to slow down. Through images of Guanyin, sacred figures, guardian beasts, and quiet moments of prayer, Liu Yu-Hsin brings together art, mindfulness, and compassion. Each brushstroke carries a sense of breath; each layer of color feels like a moment of awareness.
Mindfulness does not ask us to leave the world behind. It teaches us to return to the present moment with a softer gaze and a calmer heart. Standing before these works, we do not need to rush to understand them. We may simply pause, breathe, and allow the quiet strength within the paintings to meet us.
Schedule 10:00 AM|Opening Ceremony, 3rd Floor 1:00 PM|Artist Guided Tour in Mandarin 2:00 PM|Artist Guided Tour in English
Venue: Chuxi Academy, 2nd Floor Exhibition Space Address: No. 87, Tiyu Road, South District, Tainan City Exhibition Dates: May 10 – July 31, 2026
May this time at Chuxi be more than a visit to an exhibition. May it become a quiet moment of rest, reflection, and inner peace.
This painting of flowers by Liu Yuxin does not depict the moment a blossom unfurls, but rather the gradual process of a heart regaining its warmth.
The character “暖” (warmth) placed at the top of the composition is like a small lantern quietly kindled from within the silence. It is not a blazing heat, but a gentle, tolerable warmth that will not harm even a weary soul who draws near.
The layered petals, white with a faint tint of orange and soft pink glowing with tenderness, seem to mirror someone who, even after enduring long years of wind and rain, still strives to open their heart. Perhaps true gentleness is not the absence of wounds, but the refusal to lose compassion after knowing them.
The grayish-purple leaves feel like the unspoken shadows in life. Yet the artist does not paint them too heavily; instead, they rest softly around the flowers. There is a mindful gaze here—one that does not rush to erase suffering, but simply observes it as it is. In that moment, the heart gradually stops being consumed by pain.
The “warmth” in this work does not mean the cold has vanished from the outside world. It means that even amidst the cold, you continue to protect a single flower deep within your heart. Cyn’s painting gently reminds us of that quiet warmth.
On the fourth night of the Lunar New Year, 2026, while Taipei was nearing midnight and New York was waking up, Liu Yu Hsin Cyn’s art work appeared on a billboard in Times Square.