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October 4, 2012
Three Thousand Threads of Trouble by *yangtianli
Featured by moonbeam13
Suggested by carouselclover
Description
Have you started wonder what's going on in the painting already?
Well, I don't normally like to explain my paintings, but for this one I guess I kinda have to...XD
The inspiration comes from a Chinese phrase, which is originally from Buddhism - "三千烦恼丝"/"叁仟煩惱絲" - which meaning "three thousand threads of trouble", refering to hair. That's why monks cut off their hair, because they need to seperate themselves from the troubles they have in the human society (excuse me if there's any mistake but that's how I got it anyway.)
I thought, where does trouble come from? It actually doesn't come from anywhere else other than our own mind. If we could cut it off, it could just be gone - but it's ourselves who decide to keep them in, we made a nest for them because there's something related to the trouble that we simply can't give up.
Just like her hair, it's keeping all the trouble, they scream at her head all the time, but she just can't give up her hair - even though it troubled her so much that her hair have all turned white.
No pain no gain I guess.
Oh and baby birds are SO CREEPY that I thought they are perfect acting as "trouble" 
and baby themselves too....XD what's more troublesome than a baby? seriously? XD
Anyway, hope you enjoy the painting!
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EDIT: Oh my, a DD!! so happy!! Thank you so much everyone!!
Well, I don't normally like to explain my paintings, but for this one I guess I kinda have to...XD
The inspiration comes from a Chinese phrase, which is originally from Buddhism - "三千烦恼丝"/"叁仟煩惱絲" - which meaning "three thousand threads of trouble", refering to hair. That's why monks cut off their hair, because they need to seperate themselves from the troubles they have in the human society (excuse me if there's any mistake but that's how I got it anyway.)
I thought, where does trouble come from? It actually doesn't come from anywhere else other than our own mind. If we could cut it off, it could just be gone - but it's ourselves who decide to keep them in, we made a nest for them because there's something related to the trouble that we simply can't give up.
Just like her hair, it's keeping all the trouble, they scream at her head all the time, but she just can't give up her hair - even though it troubled her so much that her hair have all turned white.
No pain no gain I guess.
Oh and baby birds are SO CREEPY that I thought they are perfect acting as "trouble" and baby themselves too....XD what's more troublesome than a baby? seriously? XDAnyway, hope you enjoy the painting!
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Like me on FB [link] ---------------------------------------------------------
EDIT: Oh my, a DD!! so happy!! Thank you so much everyone!!
Image size
1244x1500px 1.03 MB
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Overall
Vision
Originality Technique ImpactI really love this. Personally I would love to hang this in a place where I could see it every day. The inspiration is great and I love the interpretation you did. Just looking at the vision and idea you had for this makes this great.
Looking at technical skill this piece is very beautiful. Your choice of color is wonderful and works well as a unit. Her facial expression give the viewer a sense of curiosity and ambiguity. Her eyes are simple yet they leave an impact. The way you did the hair is, in my personal opinion, impressive and, well, pretty.
Overall this is a wonderful work of art.
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