C寶一年級的第一天 C.C.’s first day of her first grade Unbelievable! 💝

It was painted by me in the first grade of elementary school. More than fifty years ago. 這應該是我小學一年級畫的吧。 是我保存下來最早的作品。 在五十多年前，我畫母親站在蒜頭糖廠公園榕樹下。畫抽煙的外曾祖母來家裡小住。外曾祖母是清朝年代的人呢。唐裝。纏足。搖搖晃晃。她叫我「瓶仔孫」。 同一批作品也還畫了躺在榻榻米上睡覺的父親、翹脚坐著的大姊。 小時候，我會把自己的圖畫拿出來攤在榻榻米上跟三姊一起評比，打分數。嗯，這張90分、這張80分，一張又一張，一遍又一遍。倒也不是真要打分數，是扮家家酒吧。 到了國中，有了自己的房間。房間牆上貼滿了水彩作品。 我無法回溯、無法判斷那到底是快樂或不快樂的童年：一個小孩，長時間，獨自一人，畫畫。 應該是很孤單的，但也好像很滿足。或是，以上皆非。就只是沈浸其中，既不是孤單，也不是滿足。 我不是聰明才華洋溢的小孩。我努力畫著。投注其中。知道自己並沒有很厲害。挫敗居多。畫不好。但也不以為意。當一個小孩，需要的奬賞並不多。 後來，是父親召集了村子小朋友，組成了一個班，從朴子請來了美術老師陳政宏。是國小二年級吧。 最早開始畫畫的記憶倒是跟母親有關。學齡前，沒有幼稚園。我在昏暗的廚房就著天窗下的光，畫畫。 沒有電冰箱、沒有洗衣機、沒有瓦斯爐、沒有熱水器、沒有⋯⋯ 一切都是要靠母親雙手勞動。光是要煮飯給七個小孩吃飽，就是個大工程。還有，要搓洗七個小孩的衣服⋯⋯。做不完的家務。還要想辦法做零工。能補貼多少是多少。 沒有被母親抱著的幼兒記憶。 我在廚房的角落，安靜，畫滿一張又一張父親從學校拿回的考卷。 到我終老，如果我仍能安靜的畫著，而廚房仍有人在忙著，那終究是幸福的。 It was painted by me in the first grade of elementary school. The earliest work I have kept. More than fifty years ago, I painted my mother standing under the banyan tree in Sugar Factory Park. My great-grandmother who was smoking a cigarette came to stay at my home for a while. She was grown up from the Qing Dynasty. Tang suit. Binding feet. Shaky. She called me "Ping Zai Sun"(Grand grandson). The earliest memory of painting was related to my mother. Before my school age, there was no kindergarten. I was painting in the dim kitchen with the skylight. No refrigerator, no washing machine, no gas, no water heater, no... Mother did everything by hand. Just cooking to feed the seven children was a big thing. Also, washing the clothes of seven children... Endless housework. And the part time work she picked up to help out the family expenses. There is no memory of being held by my mother during childhood. I was in the corner of the kitchen, quiet, drawing one after another, with the exam papers my father got back from school. If, someday when I am very old, I can still draw quietly, and there is still someone busy in the kitchen, then it will be a happy life after all. #mymother #mygrandgrandmother #HouChunMing #legendhou #declutterlife #mustwrite #contemporaryart #expressionheals #eroticart #artnet #artsy #母親 #外曾祖母 #侯俊明 #六腳侯氏 #禁山侯 #情色藝術 #表達即療癒 #當代藝術 #非寫不可 #整理舊物

𝔏𝔬𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔦𝔪𝔢 𝔫𝔬 𝔭𝔩𝔞𝔶 🎹 🎶 我好記得小學二年級同媽咪講想學琴🎹因為我覺得識彈琴嘅女仔好靚！我媽咪就話如果我可以考全班前三名就可以俾我學。最後我考到第二名🥈但係，我辜負咗媽咪嘅栽培，因為我之後只係為咗考試嚟練琴，好彩我最後亦都考到八級鋼琴！樂理更係啱啱pass就算！我唯一可以唔睇琴譜嚟彈嘅只有呢首，仲要只背到半首歌！喺度獻醜啦🎵 I vividly remember asking my mom to let me take piano lessons when I was grade 2. She said only if I am top 3 student in class. I ended up being second🥈 However, I lost interest during the long process of exams. I practiced because I had to handle exams. I passed the Grade 8 piano examination by luck! Today, the only song I can recite is this, and it’s not even the full song.😅 Here it is, while handling a moving baby!