MY SEA - A Small Paper-cut Book
- <MY SEA>A Small Book of Papercut
- This is a story of growth and warmth, about losing and regaining the dream of childhood. It is a personal project based on the true story of mine.
Technique: Papercut
Tools: Moleskine Cahier Notebook, kraft paper, knife, glue
Time limited: 7 days
Number of Pages: 32
This work had achieved the Overall Winner of Moleskine myDetour 2010. 
- Here begins the content:
<MY SEA> -- A Journal of My 25 Years
1. I was born on the coldest day of winter. In Chinese we call that day da xue.
2. In my hometown there was only a small river, but I had a sea in my mind.3. I love fish and shells. I made stories for them.- 4. I began drawing at 3. Then I drew more and more ...5. I believe that I could see some lights coming from somewhere far away.
- 6. Later, an accordion was added to my life.7. I began to love all kinds of sound.
- 8. I got No.1 in every subject at school, but always felt lonely at spare time.9. No travel. No pin money. No Children's day...
- 10. I was swimming in the sea of my own.11. My family moved to another city, for the first time I saw the sea there.
- 12. It was beautiful, but not as large as the one in my mind.13. I grew up quietly, and soon forgot about those lights...
- 14. I went to college, with a dream of becoming an architect or a scholar.15. But sometimes I found myself getting lost in those books...
- 16. What do people want eventually?17. Where is my sea? Where are my ships and sailors...
- 18. I went to many places and made many friends, looking for the answer.19. In a desert I saw the farthest sea and brightest stars.
- 20. All of which gave me strength again.21. I picked up my pen again.
- 22. Now I'm living in a city called Nanjing.23. Here I had been... needed, trusted, loved, cheated, and...hurt.
- 24. Sometimes I felt like that I was abandoned by this world.25. But I still have many stars above my head, and countless true friends around my life.
- 26. I still have my sea deep inside my heart.27. Then I realized that life is a real journey.
- 28. Just like diving down to my childhood...29. With all the lights out, there is still a voice calling me on.
- 30. Now I am 25. I'm still on my way to the sea.31. It's further and deeper.
- The End :)
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