Turnaround Life: The Rebirth Elegy of the Wealthy Wife

Tang Wenwan and Jeric arrived at Professor Luca's home as scheduled on a weekend afternoon. The professor's home was located in a corner of Florence.

It is a small villa with a strong Italian style, and every brick and tile is full of history and artistic atmosphere.

They sat in the small garden of the professor's house, enjoying the warm sunshine and delicious food, and feeling the fusion of nature and art.

“Selena, this pizza is so good! You have to teach me how to make it.”

Tang Wenwan said to Professor Luca's wife with a smile while grabbing the pizza in her hand. It was obvious that she fell in love with the gentle lady sitting opposite her at first sight.

Professor Luca's wife is named Selena, an elegant and talkative Italian woman, and also an expert with extensive research results in the field of psychology.

"I believe Selena would like your praise to be used for her research breakthrough in art therapy. She has been focusing all her attention on this academic field recently."

Jeric sat aside and raised the white wine in his hand to greet Tang Wenwan. Selena's eyes lit up as she felt what he said hit the mark.

"I heard from Jeric that you have done a lot of research in this area. I never thought that you could make such in-depth exploration attempts despite your young age."

Selena put down the knife and fork in her hand and looked at Tang Wenwan with burning eyes. To her, this was the highlight of this lunch.

"This~"

Tang Wenwan's half-eaten pizza was stuck in there when she was asked. She quickly put down the remaining pizza in her hand and looked at Jeric, not knowing what to say.

"You are the hero behind the Japanese Crown Prince's official ascension to the throne. The Crown Prince's Peace Amulet now has an internationally renowned influence."

Seeing that she seemed to be hesitant to speak, Jeric spoke directly to her.

"Don't worry, Professor Luca and his wife are both academics. They are not interested in who you are. They are interested in what kind of contribution you can make in the academic field."

Seeing Tang Wenwan's brows slightly frowned, Jeric explained softly again.

Picking up the water cup in front of her and taking a sip to calm herself down, Tang Wenwan felt much more relieved when she looked at the three pairs of eyes staring at her again.

“I just helped the prince express his inner thoughts in an artistic form, but I didn’t expect it to be so fruitful.

In fact, at the beginning, I just wanted to help him relieve his depression through painting, but I didn’t expect that what was presented in the end was his true ideals and ambitions.”

After a little thought, Tang Wenwan decided to be honest in front of the two scholars. She came to Italy to study, so why not seize such a good opportunity.

"During this process, did you do a detailed psychological analysis for him?"

Talking about professionalism, Selena became more energetic. She put down the wine glass in her hand and asked Tang Wenwan seriously.

"During that time, I was meditating in a temple in Japan. My teacher, Mr. Kosuke Hashimoto, taught me Vipassana, so I could only use the Vipassana method to help Ryosuke Kanmoto explore himself."

Tang Wenwan smiled and shook her head as she explained.

"So, there is no systematic psychological analysis and assessment. Of course, I don't have the professional ability to do so."

Unexpectedly, Selena did not feel sorry about this, but asked curiously:

"So what do you think is the impact of introspection on creation? How does it help you understand yourself and the inner needs of artistic creation?"

Tang Wenwan smiled slightly, thought for a while, and then said:

“Through Vipassana, we learn to become deeply aware of our thoughts, feelings, and physical changes.

It makes us more acutely aware of our inner ups and downs and the changes in our thoughts. This awareness helps us understand more clearly what we need and what we really want to express.”

She felt her thoughts bringing her back to the familiar temple. After a pause and a sip of wine, she continued:

“I think introspection also helps us transcend the limitations of our thinking and enter a more direct and pure creative state.

In this state, we are able to more freely express our inner emotions and images, transforming them into works of art. Introspection allows us to connect with our own creativity and intuition, resulting in more authentic and spiritual work.”

Professor Luca and Jeric were fascinated by the explanation. They have always had a strong interest in the mysteries of the East, and they did not expect that Tang Wenwan's interpretation would give them a different meaning.

Of course, the most excited one was Selena. She put down everything in her hands and even asked nervously:

"So which method do you think is more advantageous for creation and growth, introspection or psychoanalysis?"

Tang Wenwan laughed when asked. She picked up the half-eaten pizza on the plate and took a bite and said:

“I think it’s like the difference between Eastern cuisine and Italian cuisine, each approach has its own unique strengths.

Psychoanalysis can reveal subconscious conflicts and motivations through in-depth analysis and dialogue, which is very helpful in solving specific psychological problems. In contrast, introspection focuses more on direct experience and awareness, which can help people gain a deeper understanding of their inner selves and the creativity connected to them. "

As she spoke, she raised her glass to greet Selena and Professor Luca:

“I hope that we can have the opportunity to combine the two methods to help more people achieve more comprehensive spiritual growth and creative development. This is also the real purpose and significance of my coming to Italy.”

"Oh, baby, you are really different!"

Jeric also raised his glass excitedly and came over, once again proud of his "talent introduction" this time.

"I saw that the prince's amulets are mainly based on traditional Japanese Buddhist arhat paintings. Based on this, how did you come to me to learn fresco painting? How does this complement the vision you just mentioned?"

Professor Luca was very satisfied with his wife's harvest and also raised his own questions with interest.

Tang Wenwan nodded with a smile, thinking that he was worthy of being a professor, as he always grasped the key to the problem at the first opportunity.

She sorted out her thoughts and answered seriously:

“In my opinion, whether it is Eastern Zen paintings or Western frescoes, they both contain rich and complex symbol systems and connotations.

The characters, scenes, emotions and other factors depicted in it, on the one hand, can provide art therapists with rich visual language and symbolic symbols to better express themselves and their inner world; on the other hand, this deep artistic expression can also help people explore subconscious problems or emotions, thereby achieving the purpose of self-healing.

Of course, different painting techniques have different psychological meanings and effects. For example, the brush and ink techniques of ink painting require the artist to have deep connotations and emotional accumulation. This artistic creation process itself has a certain healing function.

Western frescoes, with their true colors and three-dimensional images, allow art therapists to get more intuitive feedback during the creative process, thus helping them to better find and deal with problems. If the two different painting techniques are combined, a complementary and parallel healing model can be formed.

This can not only guide art therapists to understand and create through traditional images, but also encourage them to discover and develop new healing art forms through self-expression and exploration. Therefore, I believe that traditional Chinese and Western painting techniques are undoubtedly of great auxiliary significance to art therapy expression methods. "

"Pah~pah~pah~"

Led by Jeric, Professor Luca and his wife applauded Tang Wenwan's remarks. This is the real thinking we should have when studying art. Professor Luca praised proudly.