beside the crossroads in front of Kuang-Fu Student Dorms, Kuang-Fu Campus.

Tzu-Kuey Hsu’s observation of the environment and life contributed to the conception of the work A Walking Woman. It takes not so much an objective third-person perspective as one which is immersive first-person. This sculpture appears to be a woman who has stopped to look back and wait for someone. However, viewers may read this work as portraying a woman who walks in opposite directions, if they study the sculpture by reference to the connection between its visual elements and the surroundings. “What is my ultimate destination?” Placed in the middle of the crossroads on the campus of National Cheng Kung University, this work posits itself as heading simultaneously in opposite directions, encouraging viewers to reflect on their innermost feelings. It both symbolizes people’s sense of hesitation and presents the fact that life consists of multiple crossroads at which stark choices must be made carefully. In the endless pursuit of truth and happiness, we have encounters of every stripe and we miss plenty of opportunities. “Choice-making” is always one of the thorniest yet most fundamental issues in life. Created with resilient, soft and malleable copper, this work reveals the exemplary character of women: tender-hearted and inclusive. The “fossils” in this work consist of creatures from lands and oceans, symbolizing toughness and tenderness, a combination of contradictory qualities that has been possessed only by women since ancient times. This work is inspired by the unique character and image of women. The crossroads where it is located, the directions in which it seems to be heading, the hazy facial expression, and the abstract metaphysical thinking collectively embody a woman’s helplessness and hesitation in the face of the tough choices to be made in her life. Text/ Wen-Wen Su Translator/ Sheng-Chih Wang