「好的，眼泪」石榴Zakuro个展

以前的烦恼，小小的却被放很大，随着年龄增长，那些微小的困扰膨胀几十倍后，变成人生难题横在眼前。眼泪随之也变得频繁，出现在任何地点任何时间里，有时候只有几滴，有时候却像倾盆大雨。只是现在慢慢习得了一种平静接收一切的能力，眼泪是好是坏不重要了，轻揉自己的心跳，然后说，好的，眼泪，之后就随它滴落吧。这次「好的，眼泪」展览里新画的一些画，以及漫画书《心的散步》，都不算是疗愈类的内容，它们都记录着现阶段我人生的困苦难题，以及对待这样的时刻我会怎么做。治愈也并非可以解决所有，淡然地一起看看伤痛，再思考一下彼此的人生之路，认真地去感受和度过每一个时刻，我觉得这是我现在想传达的。

—— 石榴Zakuro

「我是石榴，16也可以。喜欢在散步中进行路上观察，然后用漫画记录这些普通又特别的日常。
毕业于京都精华漫画研究科，目前长居在广州继续画漫画。
大部分时间都在观察生活，想用自己的绘画语言传递出一种像规律心跳般的舒适和安心。」

The worries of the past were small, yet they loomed large in our minds. As we grow older, those tiny troubles seem to expand dozens of times over, becoming life’s dilemmas standing squarely before us.

Tears, too, come more frequently now, appearing anywhere, at any time. Sometimes there are only a few drops; at other times, they fall like a torrential downpour. Yet, little by little, I have learned how to receive everything with a certain calmness. Whether tears are good or bad no longer matters. I gently soothe my own heartbeat and say, “All right, tears.” Then I let them fall as they may.

The new drawings created for this exhibition, It’s Okay, Tears, along with my comic book A Walk Through the Heart, are not works of healing in the conventional sense. They record the struggles and difficulties I am facing at this stage of my life, as well as the ways I choose to navigate such moments.

Healing cannot solve everything. Perhaps what I want to convey now is simply this: to look at our pain together, calmly, to reflect on the paths each of us is taking through life, and to sincerely feel and live through every moment.

— Shiliu Zakuro

“I’m Zakuro. Sixteen is fine, too. I enjoy observing the world as I walk, recording these ordinary yet extraordinary moments in comics.

I graduated from the Graduate School of Manga at Kyoto Seika University and currently live in Guangzhou, where I continue to draw comics.

I spend most of my time observing everyday life, hoping to use my own visual language to convey a sense of comfort and reassurance, like the steady rhythm of a heartbeat.”