Thursday, February 10, 2011

Artist statement




When I was little, I have no idea how powerful are the media. Until I was 11 years old, I realized media is truly needed in today's modern world. In the year of 2001, the terrorist attacked the Twins Tower in New York. I was in China by that time. The time zone of America is slower 12 hours than China's. In other words, when New York is in the morning, China is in the night time. The live news of terrorist attacked in New York cut in when I was watching series at home at the night of September 11th. I was shocked. I thought that was a movie until I saw people were running, screaming, crying, and there were blood everywhere. I realized that was real.



After years and years, I still memorize the moment of people were in panic. Every pictures are still in my mind. I found out media is very powerful after the tragic. For most I respect are the news reporters in Manhattan. I saw their fears and pains through the television. However, but they still reported the news to people in such a chaos situation. They were professional and unselfishness. After that, I concerned on news reporters more and more. I respect them deeply from my heart. I want to be one of them. I want to report news to everybody in the world. If I can be with one in the future, I would report every single moment in city, even it is ugly. I want to tell them the true story of the society, defiantly not going to hide the ugly side of human being and the society. I also want to work as a bilingual reporter. In that way, I can report news to the Chinese-Americans. I would love to share the stories of the society to everyone. Share the world, share the news. Sharing is always caring. =)