March 10 (Lunar calendar: February 19), 2023 Friday | Dawnxisoul393art

《Discovery Bay's Summer, That Quiet Beach》Painted by dawnxisoul393

Early that morning, we were sketching on the shore of Discovery Bay on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It was a quiet morning in Discovery Bay in summer. The green belt was lush with grass and green trees, and the unique landscape of the subtropical island was very obvious. The pavilions and balustrades mingle with the nearby buildings, forming an exquisite painting of a modern seaside city. Passing through the lush strip park, we arrived at the beach, and at once, the beautiful seascape opened up before us. We took a short break on the shore, prepared our painting tools, and had a great time. In front of us was an endless sea, and the wide sea against the blue sky and white clouds was a delight to the mind. In the morning light, our hearts instantly became transparent, and for a while, it was as if all the stress of life had sunk into the vast sea. We looked far away and let last night's dream stretch out on the sea level. 

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Listening to the sound of the waves on the shore, we admired the magnificence of the sea as the boats, seagulls, and clouds danced together. The sky was blue, dotted with light white clouds, and the sea was blue, stirring up the vastness and depth of the waves. Occasionally, fog floated on the sea, hazy and confusing, as if it had given the world a thin veil. The sea breeze was mixed with alkali and astringent smell, cool and comfortable, making people's hearts surge. Sea fog roaming and rising, a white cloud beckons her, gently dance in the wind, a touch of purple arashi nodded to her, quietly lightly around the reef, with the long hair of the wind, sea fog to welcome the sun's colorful ribbons, rising to the white clouds. We finally found the coordinates of our hearts between the sky and the sea and the land, we smiled, unfolded the wings of our hearts, with the wind in the sky, slowly drifting. Under the blue sky, in the distance, a thousand sails in the vast sea, a hundred boats competing for water. Nearby, layers of waves playfully chasing, deeply lapping the coast, or tangled kissing the white sand. 

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The sun, the beach, the waves, spread out in front of us, like a flowing oil painting, intoxicating. As we walked quietly on the beach, white seagulls flew over the sea, dotting the vast ocean and the boundless sky. Gulls, sometimes rushing to the sky, sometimes hovering low, sometimes strolling on the beach, sometimes chasing each other. The tranquil sky and the calm sea looked more beautiful because of the gulls' embellishment. We hadn't listened carefully to the seagulls' cries before. Today, we finally listened carefully and felt it seriously. We suddenly found that under the sky, in the vast sea, the beautiful figure of the seagulls never left us, and the beautiful melody of the seagulls' call had been ringing in our ears, only because we were in such a hurry to ignore this natural and wonderful sight. 

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A sudden thunderstorm wet our easels, and we hastily packed up our painting tools and took refuge in a pavilion by the sea. We didn't know how long it took, but the rain gradually stopped, the sky seemed to light up again, and the sun broke free from the clouds to reveal its brilliant face. A dreamy, colorful bridge appeared in the sky, and slowly the colors became clear. Ah, the beautiful rainbow. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, all at once, dressed the sky in a colorful way. Looking at the rainbow after the rain, we understood something. The sun always shines after the storm, and we can always see the rainbow after the storm. Failure is not terrible, what is terrible is to fall down after failure. To believe that there will be a rainbow on the road of life ahead, pick ourselves up out of the storm, meet the rainbow, is the right choice.

A black horse appeared in front of our eyes. That horse was playing on the beach, which was a beautiful scenery line. Suddenly, it ran back to the shore, and then with a gentle jump, ran away into the distance. We were amazed to find the unmistakable majestic figure of the black horse in the sunlight, on the horizon, sometimes far away, sometimes hazy, sometimes clear and unreachable, yet touching our heartstrings deeply. We left the beach and tracked the black horse. However, there was an insurmountable distance between us and the black horse. Our footsteps could never keep up with the whirlwind of the black horse. Soon, the black horse disappeared from our sight, what was left behind was a long feeling of loss. Sometimes that loss is a compulsive joy. It is also a lovely time of disappointment, which represents a different kind of feeling. The mixture of gain and loss is the sweetness of life. That day, we met a black horse that came and went, and we understood some themes that were different from the ordinary seascape paintings. "Discovery Bay's Summer, That Quiet Beach" is one of our paintings about the sea and horses.

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This painting belongs to the silent dialogue between a black horse and the beach, and to the vast sea. A simple painting with a coastal theme, but in its simplicity, it is permeated with our deep feelings for the sea. There is no complicated and special landscape in the whole painting, only the black horse marching along the coast. But precisely because there is nothing else in the painting to influence our thinking, the simplicity of the painting allows us to focus our attention on the graceful movements of the black horse and its attachment to the shore. Most of the colors in this painting show the beach. Besides the black horse and the beach, the sky filled with colorful clouds and the sea birds, which is another important element we wanted to express in the painting. Besides expressing the relationship between the beach and the black horse, it also expresses their relationship with the sky. The sky is the link between the beach and the black horse. There are no boats on the sea and no mangroves on the beach which are usually found along the Hong Kong coast. A beach and a walking horse express simple but strong emotions: the coast is here and the black horse is here.

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They are inseparable and interdependent, and how tacitly they understand each other. The title of this painting is "Discovery Bay's Summer, That Quiet Beach". The title is full of memories, "Discovery Bay's Summer", representing the good times spent on the beach and with the black horse, and "That Quiet Beach", full of space for memories. The sea is also alive. The ebb and flow of the tide are the deep breaths of the sea, and the wave is the unique character of the sea. Our human activities directly or indirectly threaten the marine ecosystem, leading to red tide in coastal waters, forming the "sea of death" with a lack of oxygen, resulting in a large number of marine life, and the ecosystem collapse. Plastic pollution is arguably the worst damage humans have brought to the ocean. Tens of millions of tons of plastic waste flow into the oceans every year. Respect the ocean by reducing the use of plastic products, especially single-use plastic items such as plastic bottles, plastic bags, and plastic straws. Travel green，defend our blue planet together.

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The sea has been compared to the lungs and kidneys of the earth, and only by treating it well can we receive its endless rewards for the benefit of our children and grandchildren. If we only know how to rob marine life and resources and destroy the marine environment, then we humans risk destroying ourselves in the process of civilization.

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(One of our spiritual self-healing thoughts) 

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Discovery Bay's Summer, That Quiet Beach, the Thoughts behind Our Painting《DBSTQB》（One of Our Spiritual Self-Healing Thoughts）dawnxisoul393