WEBVTT 00:07.914 --> 00:10.107 Swing, 00:10.107 --> 00:13.182 take me to the sky. 00:13.182 --> 00:14.316 One, two. 00:14.316 --> 00:15.542 One, two, three. 00:15.542 --> 00:17.878 Running around in the sky. 00:17.878 --> 00:18.933 One, two. 00:18.933 --> 00:20.033 One, two, three. 00:20.037 --> 00:22.107 Jumping around on the clouds. 00:22.107 --> 00:24.096 Swing, 00:24.096 --> 00:26.031 take me to the sky. 00:37.878 --> 00:40.857 It's kind of interesting how I started writing. 00:40.857 --> 00:42.970 I liked to fantasize when I was little. 00:42.987 --> 00:44.771 When I was punished by my mom, 00:44.771 --> 00:48.242 I'd climb up the tall longan tree next to our house. 00:48.248 --> 00:49.714 I'd sit in the tree 00:50.004 --> 00:51.413 and start to imagine 00:51.413 --> 00:53.238 what's in the sky 00:53.238 --> 00:55.386 and where I'd end up if I could fly. 00:55.386 --> 00:57.490 My stories started from there. 00:59.485 --> 01:01.564 After getting involved in children's books, 01:01.564 --> 01:04.134 I discovered that the difference between children's books 01:04.134 --> 01:06.560 and adult literature 01:06.892 --> 01:08.828 is that the former is full of imagination, 01:09.332 --> 01:11.530 which happens to suit my personality 01:11.991 --> 01:13.365 since I like to fantasize. 01:13.634 --> 01:14.847 I thought 01:14.847 --> 01:17.705 how wonderful the imaginary worlds of children's books are. 01:17.705 --> 01:20.377 I really wanted to 01:20.699 --> 01:24.844 write down all my fanciful thoughts using my pen. 01:25.139 --> 01:26.446 Look at this leaf. 01:26.446 --> 01:29.080 It was eaten by an insect. 01:29.080 --> 01:31.176 Insects are artists. 01:31.176 --> 01:33.137 I think insects are artists. 01:33.137 --> 01:36.152 The insect painted on this leaf. 01:36.476 --> 01:38.306 Their paintings are all over here. 01:38.306 --> 01:40.149 You can see they made all kinds of paintings. 01:50.090 --> 01:52.910 Look, people won't see them when they walk by. 01:53.396 --> 01:55.763 I think they must be very happy, 01:55.763 --> 01:57.321 thinking someone has finally seen their works. 01:57.321 --> 01:58.962 Maybe the insects are nearby. 01:58.962 --> 02:01.427 I like to imagine that they're hiding nearby, 02:01.427 --> 02:03.797 saying someone finally appreciates their paintings. 02:04.438 --> 02:06.100 I want kids to... 02:06.100 --> 02:07.933 If you have imagination 02:07.933 --> 02:09.798 and keen observation, 02:10.197 --> 02:12.310 You will find things that make you happy 02:12.310 --> 02:14.578 from things that other people can't see 02:14.578 --> 02:17.667 or things people think nothing of. 02:19.273 --> 02:22.192 I think everyone was born with an imagination. 02:22.528 --> 02:28.181 I want to reclaim the child-like joy of the imagination 02:28.663 --> 02:30.475 through children's books. 02:36.435 --> 02:38.675 I spot a crab! 02:38.675 --> 02:40.896 The crab is coming out! 02:42.177 --> 02:43.205 It's huge. 02:43.779 --> 02:45.990 I feel this crab is practicing gongfu. 02:46.421 --> 02:48.966 It's practicing in the stream, 02:49.839 --> 02:52.216 and listening to the sound of nature 02:52.216 --> 02:53.601 and the stream. 02:53.601 --> 02:55.586 Look, it's kind of in the air. 02:55.998 --> 02:59.106 Its legs are in the air. 02:59.899 --> 03:01.548 I think it is incredible. 03:02.170 --> 03:05.734 It's not afraid of the water rushing over it. 03:05.734 --> 03:07.821 Actually, it's looking for food. 03:12.023 --> 03:12.823 I think Taitung 03:12.823 --> 03:14.513 is a wonderful place. 03:14.513 --> 03:16.200 It has mountains and ocean around it. 03:16.200 --> 03:17.230 In the mountains, 03:17.230 --> 03:20.954 I can hear the sound of cicadas and barbets. 03:20.957 --> 03:23.551 I can go to a beach and hear the sound of waves 03:23.551 --> 03:25.987 and pebbles rolling around. 03:26.361 --> 03:29.171 In La-la's Notes of Nature, I wrote about 03:29.171 --> 03:31.909 how when everyone is sleeping at night, 03:31.909 --> 03:33.782 the little animals on the beach will 03:33.782 --> 03:36.217 come here to have mid-night snacks. 03:36.217 --> 03:39.170 For example, crabs and fiddler crabs 03:39.170 --> 03:41.286 will make deep fried meatballs. 03:41.682 --> 03:45.971 Perhaps they collect sunshine noodles in the daytime, 03:45.971 --> 03:48.053 so they can make piping hot noodles at night. 04:01.223 --> 04:02.449 Here come snappers 04:02.449 --> 04:04.066 and damselfishes! 04:04.856 --> 04:06.373 That one over there is so pretty! 04:07.068 --> 04:08.743 I want kids to get close to nature 04:08.743 --> 04:09.965 through their imagination. 04:10.747 --> 04:14.268 I want them to think how interesting and fun nature is 04:14.268 --> 04:16.147 and even smell the scents. 04:16.147 --> 04:17.086 The scent of spring. 04:17.086 --> 04:18.080 The scent of summer. 04:18.574 --> 04:20.873 Wind actually has different scents. 04:20.873 --> 04:22.070 The wind on a beach. 04:22.070 --> 04:23.392 The wind in the mountains. 04:23.534 --> 04:27.077 You can feel another power when you return to nature. 04:27.483 --> 04:29.777 I think such a feeling is amazing. 04:31.573 --> 04:34.814 I begin to follow the rhythm 04:36.121 --> 04:39.330 and the sound of the waves 04:39.330 --> 04:41.367 and enter my imaginary world. 04:41.941 --> 04:43.849 I feel this is great fun. 04:44.880 --> 04:47.096 I imagined that an ocean conductor 04:47.245 --> 04:49.411 could stand on the surface of the sea, 04:49.411 --> 04:51.400 directing the waves and fish, 04:51.406 --> 04:52.612 which will jump up. 04:52.612 --> 04:54.237 I wanted to dance on the ocean surface. 04:54.246 --> 04:55.460 Because I really wanted to dance, 04:55.464 --> 04:58.404 I wondered how it would feel to be dancing with fish. 04:58.407 --> 05:02.111 Will they want to dance hip-hop, 05:02.111 --> 05:05.399 or whirling, 05:06.106 --> 05:08.537 or jumping to the sky dance? 05:08.725 --> 05:11.011 So I started to have a lot of inspiration. 05:11.015 --> 05:14.553 You'll come up with new imaginary ideas 05:14.553 --> 05:16.490 from things you see in nature. 05:17.284 --> 05:19.537 You can't come up with them inside your home. 05:25.224 --> 05:27.277 Hello, everyone. 05:27.277 --> 05:31.064 We're going to play something fun today. 05:31.310 --> 05:34.303 Do you remember what power I told you I have? 05:36.049 --> 05:37.670 I have a superpower, right? 05:38.152 --> 05:39.915 What's my superpower? 05:40.582 --> 05:42.297 Imagination. 05:42.297 --> 05:43.101 That's right! 05:43.101 --> 05:45.452 My superpower is my imagination. 05:45.897 --> 05:48.782 When I write, I like to talk with kids, 05:48.786 --> 05:51.775 because kids have unlimited imagination. 05:51.775 --> 05:53.123 There's no limit to their imagination. 05:53.130 --> 05:55.957 They possess tons of unique imagination. 05:56.393 --> 05:59.245 Through reading, I want kids to... 05:59.507 --> 06:01.548 Reading is a lot of fun. 06:01.548 --> 06:03.052 Because I have fun writing, 06:03.052 --> 06:05.122 of course kids will have fun reading. 06:05.122 --> 06:07.530 When they have fun reading, they can have fun painting. 06:09.296 --> 06:10.947 One thing left a deep impression on me 06:10.951 --> 06:12.883 when I attended an American association 06:12.883 --> 06:15.490 for children's book authors and illustrators. 06:15.740 --> 06:18.471 Once I read out my own work in the association, 06:18.471 --> 06:20.710 An old lady, who I didn't know, 06:20.710 --> 06:22.279 came to me and said: 06:22.353 --> 06:24.241 "Child, do you know that 06:24.245 --> 06:27.770 writing books for children is a gift from god. 06:27.770 --> 06:29.071 You must make good use of this gift 06:29.071 --> 06:30.821 and bring happiness to more people." 06:32.218 --> 06:34.209 I don't know which child in this world 06:34.218 --> 06:35.440 will read my books 06:35.440 --> 06:37.955 and be touched by a certain phrase. 06:37.959 --> 06:39.747 Because my books will go to places, 06:39.921 --> 06:43.062 I don't know which child will be comforted, 06:43.413 --> 06:47.674 and gain courage or power from a certain phrase in my books. 06:47.674 --> 06:50.056 I think this is the greatest thing. 06:50.883 --> 06:53.141 So I made up my mind that no matter what 06:53.141 --> 06:55.261 and no matter what reviews I receive, 06:55.261 --> 06:57.309 I must write children's books all my life. 06:57.314 --> 06:58.745 This is my... 06:58.748 --> 07:00.870 It's not an occupation, but a vocation instead. 07:00.870 --> 07:02.660 I like to say that writing is my vocation. 07:02.660 --> 07:05.830 It's the most fun thing that I will do in my lifetime. 07:10.030 --> 07:11.951 Imagine about what you see, 07:12.654 --> 07:14.142 and imagine about what you hear, 07:14.541 --> 07:19.213 then you will find the world is very beautiful and lovely.