A prisoner surnamed Wu (吳) on Tuesday won the best drawing prize in a national hospice care art competition hosted by the Zhang Quihua Culture and Art Foundation.
Wu’s piece, titled Slow your steps, open the windows to your soul (放慢腳步，開啟心靈的另一扇窗) conveyed in a profound manner how modern people yearn for freedom, the foundation said.
Because he is still serving his prison term, Wu was not able to receive the award in person, but the foundation said: “Wu wished to tell everyone how the creation of art rallied his long-lost passion and dreams.”
Photo: Su Fu-nan, Taipei Times
Wu said his loss of freedom had led him to ponder the direction of his life and how to be himself.
The foundation said the competition sought to promote hospice care within the nation. It started holding the competition nine years ago on July 14 to commemorate modern hospice care figure Dame Cicely Saunders in an effort to combine hospice care and art.
Saunders, an English nurse, founded the hospice movement and promoted the importance of palliative care, the area of medicine seeking to alleviate the pain and suffering of patients in all stages of their illnesses. Saunders is also an important figure in the development of medical ethics in the UK.
The foundation said there were a total of 112 pieces participating the competition this year, submitted by inmates, amateur artists and students.
The award-winning pieces are on display from today to next month at the first and second floor exhibition hall of the E-Da Hospital in Greater Kaohsiung.
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