蜷──試論當代水墨創作的心理意象

Curl Up-Mental image in Contemporary Ink Painting

百家爭鳴的藝術創作裡，有部分藝術創作相當重視心靈表現，透過作品投射出豐富的內在世界。從古至今，「蜷」的藝術符號廣泛存在人們的日常生活中，像是人類共通的生命記憶與語言，緊緊牽繫著彼此。本文列舉古今部分「蜷」形圖騰與藝術家作品，試論「蜷」的符號意義與演變，以及藝術作品中的象徵。提出「蜷」從過往精神性符號融合到水墨創作。藉由人們對此符號的共同感知，當代水墨展開詮釋心靈的道路，跨越時間與空間限制，凝聚起每位藝術家與觀者之間的心靈空間，看見更多持續演化發展的可能。

In the huge world of artistic creation, some artistic creations attach great importance to spiritual expression, project a rich inner world through the Art work. Since ancient times, ''Curling'' artistic symbols are widely used in people's daily life, like the life memory and language common to human beings, tightly tied to each other. This article lists ancient and modern ''curled up'' totems and artists' works, and the symbol in the Art work, proposed the fusion of ''curling'' from past spiritual symbols to ink painting, with people's common perception of this symbol, Contemporary Ink Painting Unfolds the Way to Interpret the Soul, how to overcome the limitations of time and space, condense the spiritual space between each artist and the viewer, and see more possibilities for continuous evolution and development.