《Duration》

《Duration》was a self-rescue creative experiment during my illness. I attempt to invoke two different states of consciousness, trauma and meditation, during photography to achieve self-observation，healing，reinvention and creative practice.

《Duration》 was a creative experiment born out of self-rescue during a period of illness. Lin attempts to evoke two different states of consciousness—trauma and meditation—through the act of photography. This process serves as a means of self-observation, healing, and creative practice. The creative effort is deeply intertwined with her lived experience, delving into the subtle boundaries between trauma and passion, dreams, memories and imagination, as well as the physical and spiritual dimensions of time and space, Through photography, she seeks pathways to self-awareness and to integrate the process of healing.

The book is divided into three sections: “Duration”, “Fruit”, and the text. Readers begin with “Duration”, then move to the center of the book to encounter “Fruit”—a pamphlet nestled within, symbolizing collapsed spacetime and traumatic memories. This pamphlet consists of two parts, each with its own reading sequence, reflecting the entanglement of time. Hidden within the pamphlet is a text that documents the relationship between “Fruit” and “Duration”, and the questions Lin seeks to explore. After engaging with “Fruit”, readers return to “Duration”, completing the cyclical journey.

The structure of the book mirrors both lived experience and Henri Bergson’s theory of duration: time as a continuous flow where past, present, and future are interwoven. Within this flow, humanity’s innate drive to transcend the past through creativity and the impulse of living become intertwined, forming the essence of life’s experience.