Anecdote (轶事)
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2019
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Artist Notes
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This document contains an anecdote from the artist where he explains the time he climbed into a large metal box located inside his apartment and got hopelessly stuck. It was nighttime and he was all alone. He could only see from a tiny hole in the box just large enough for him to be able to stick out his arm. He reflected on how he at the time mainly communicated with friends by cellphone or BP machine. After many minutes of struggle and screaming for help, a neighbor came to open the box lid. After his frightening entrapment, he felt the true meaning of freedom after escaping the box. He felt that money and women are not needed, and only freedom instead. In the anecdote, he exclaims that he experienced the mindset of people between life and death and understood that life is worth cherishing. After being freed he immediately called his friends and told them about his experience and how people need help to live. He ends the anecdote by saying he never wanted to encounter the box again after that night. (Nicole Wang '26).
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