Lin Xi 林夕
Born in Hong Kong in 1961, Lin Xi is a prolific and award-winning Hong Kong lyricist and writer. He has written over 4,000 song lyrics since the 80’s of the last century. Lin Xi has great admiration in Chinese calligraphy and culture, he created a range of "Lyrics-Calligraphy" Ink paintings exclusively for this exhibition.
“In lyrics there are words, and hopefully in brush and ink there's a picture, and together is captured a sense of my mental state when originally composing the lyrics.”
Instagram: @linxihkg
我這樣愛你
Ink on paper
67 × 104 cm
Song of 黎明 Leon Lai
還要經 多少次和諧相處 不見面也可 學會獨處
用最孤獨的心 換最溫柔的愛 我仍然盼待
何時才發現 就算天涯海角 都可能覆蓋
我們難道沒信心 這樣愛
Available Works
路過蜻蜓
Ink on paper
35 × 92 cm
Song of 張國榮 Leslie Cheung
若你沒法為我安定
寧願同渡流浪旅程
不怕面對這無常生命
讓我做隻路過蜻蜓
留下能被懷念過程
哭 我為了感動誰
笑 又為了碰著誰
電光幻影
Ink on paper
64 × 65 cm
Song of 楊千嬅 Miriam Yeung
我或忘我 如微雨放低水花 花向上舞的因果
夢想顛倒 一切在我
得所以失 執於對便錯
人存在只想為了求證 曾留下追憶裡的情景
但萬法好比電光的幻影 入靜了心境掛念難道靠眼睛
而遺憾都只為了求證 最看不開的竟然是感情 感情
愛恨無常 雪落無聲 色不過色 卻礙了空性
不吐不快
Ink on paper
71 x 48 cm
｢既然心裡有話不吐不快，筆畫非肆意飛揚不可，
說出來，寫出來，心也打開了。｣
When something’s stuck in your heart,
you’ve got to let it out—
And once your pen hits the page,
there’s no holding back.
Say it, write it, set it free.
That’s how you breathe again.
明日有明天
Ink on paper
108 x 35 cm
｢『明』本來就隱晦不明，
字認不出來，只見『日』而無『月』，
只見晴而無陰，只有光而無暗，
又如何看得見明天。｣
“Clarity” isn’t always clear.
The word itself slips away—
you see the sun, but no moon;
brightness, but no shade.
Only light, no darkness—
so how can tomorrow ever come into view?