A la recherche du temps perdu/In search of time lost – by Yu-fen Guo
Lost in You
Fears and tears mingle.
The divine storms strike a dark age
of diaspora, leaving the modifiers dangle,
lost in you, a subject consumed with rage.
When the sky is clear
will the trampled feathers dry
and soar in full gear?
Lost in you, the vista of years doth fly.
Time gone and the time to come
meet in a flash of blazing light
blinding my eyes in this game of zero-sum.
Lost in you. So quick didst thou take thy flight…
– by yufen*
About the Artist:
“Hi. My name is Yu-Fen. I’m a English university lecturer here in Taiwan. I’m also a former editor and book translator. I’ve worked for several prominent publishers, such as: Time Express magazine, and China Times Publishing co. I enjoy learning different languages, writing creative verses and I’m also an illustrator. Most of my illustrations are caricatures, because I like to make people laugh. Most of these were done in my 1.5-year sojourn in France when my life was most carefree. I have published several translated works as well. The most well-known is “The Famous Crimes about Dr. Henry Lee”.
Over the past year of Flickr experience, my writing passion has been rekindled by several creative artists including poets and photographers. My ultimate goal is to be able to publish my own writings with my own illustrations one day! My heartfelt thanks to Carrie, the hostess of this blog, who is so generous to offer me an opportunity to meet her readers! Thank you so much, dear Carrie! You are most encouraging!”
Afterward by Carrie Marshall:
Good friends are hard to find. That’s why I consider myself so lucky to have stumbled upon Yu-fen’s photostream on Flickr a few months ago. Since then, we’ve built a fast, but steady friendship and I find myself looking forward to hearing from her each week. Yu-fen is one of those people you automatically feel at ease with. I know I can share things with her without fear of being judged. More importantly, Yufen has inspired and encouraged me to move beyond the boundaries of my photography. I’ve found myself playing around with my photos to create images with more of an artistic flair. Yu-fen is always there with encouraging words and, if I’m lucky, her trademark in-depth analysis, which seem to delight all her flickr friends.
Yu-fen is a passionate artist. Her artwork moves like deep water, with layers of warmth, light, depth and darkness. One immediately thinks of the term, “old soul” when pondering over her artwork and verses. Yufen is witty, intelligent, well-traveled and absolutely 100% full of life. She is a constant source of inspiration and motivation. She pushes the boundaries of her work and has a flair for re-inventing something mundane and ordinary and turning it into something completely vibrant and memorable with her own very unique and utterly captivating style.
I am so incredibly pleased to have met her and there isn’t a doubt in my mind that this is the start of a very long, rich and meaningful friendship. Yufen truly is a treasure waiting to be discovered.
Yu-fen, thank you for your constant support and encouragement. Your daily comments and messages mean the world to me!
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Dear Carrie,
Thanks so much for having encouraged me to post and for having taken your precious time to edit and publish my image and verse. I am most grateful! You are a generous and beautiful soul! And oh again I am the first one to comment on my own work. ^___^ Thanks so much for this great honor!!
Love,
Yu-Fen
This is very thrilling to see my dear flickr friend, Yu-Fen featured in such a beautiful way! Thank you, Carrie, for spot-lighting this magnificent soulmate! We are all better people just knowing her!
Yu-fen rocks!
Speaking of guest authors, you are free to write a post on my site, whether its something from the archives or totally new.
I am so excited to see the beautiful works of my equally beautiful friend Yu-Fen showcased here! Yu-Fen is a wonderfully talented and creative writer and poet, and a sweet friend as well. She touches more hearts than she could ever know!
Oh THANKS so much to MJ, Antoinette and Dannie for having come by with your encouraging words!
And dear Carrie, Gosh. Last night I was a bit too beat when the post came up. When I re-read the afterword from you this morning, I have been so greatly moved and speechless!! I feel I am so blessed to have met you and my other good friends on Flickr who have been so inspiring and encouraging. I cherish this friendship and hope it will grow and blossom! You are an angel!
Sorry for the short comment. I’ll have to get ready for a long day into night. Will visit you more later. Have a nice start to the new week!
Big Hug,
Yu-Fen
Yu-fen is very cool.
Leave it to me to be late for commenting on my own website.
Yu-fen, you are most welcome my dear! I can’t wait to get together with you. I have some ideas I’d like to run by you.
Antoinette, thank you very much for stopping by and showing your support. You are absolutely right. Yu-fen makes everyone’s day a little brighter.
Dannie, thank you too. I think it’s great that I’m meeting new people through Yu-fen…why doesn’t this surprise me? Any friend of hers is a friend of mine!
MJ and Craig,
I’m not surprised you know Yu-fen. Cool people usually run in tight circles….especially Flickr-heads!
Matt,
That’s a very kind offer and one I reciprocate for you as well. I’ll get on this at the end of this week and see if I can pull together something for you.
OHH…. Thanks to Craig aka cfimage and Carrie again! Yes, I can’t wait to meet you too! Ha. I am curious about your ideas! Again, will write you soon sometime this week!! BIG HUG!!Have a beauuuuutiful week! You make me a very happy Yu-Fen. ^____^
Yu-Fen’s words are very touching and I love the black and white photo. Do you have any more information about the photography?
Lots of love,
Jo
The photo is missing but still the words are strong enough to enlighten the whole picture. Good luck guys! Good Friends are hard to find. but I’m lucky I’ve loads..haha!
Yeah. I’m not sure why the image is missing. Yufen has a habit of chancing the privacy settings on her images, so I’ll have to check with to find out what’s up.
Yu-Fen has a beautiful soul, she does everything with passion, sensitivity, and love.
You’re always in my heart.
Hugs and kisses
Luca & Dafne