Today, through deep contemplation, I gained some insights: When discussing Chinese painting, one must mention "vitality and rhythmic harmony", which holds the primary position. What exactly is "vitality and rhythm"? The term is fixed, and explanations often pile up rhetoric. Yet, true vitality and rhythm transcend the boundaries of words.
At times, it is vast and boundless—like the continuous expansion of the universe. Returning to "vitality and rhythmic harmony": vitality manifests through rhythm, and rhythm arises from vitality. Vitality refers to the cosmic phenomena (including all things on Earth), each possessing its unique essence. Rhythm, however, is infinitely immense and endless!
Time and space are fleeting moments of constant change. Senxiangism, as a reflection of mental flow, captures the vitality of the present breath, expressing it through rhythm and form. (If art were song or dance, it would manifest through sound and posture; in Chinese painting, it is expressed through brush, ink, and tools.)
What I comprehend about vitality and rhythm cannot be confined to academic definitions from a single perspective. It exists in every moment, flowing, unquantifiable, and infinite. So too is rhythm, with limitless possible forms. Senxiang works are generative—they capture the momentary phenomena of the present. "Sen" (森), I define merely as inheriting and evoking landscapes, summarizing the unity of heaven and humanity, and the harmony of body and mind!