Using AI-generated storytelling, I reinterpreted Su Shi’s “Ode to the Red Cliff”, a renowned piece of classical Chinese literature.
Scarlett Zhao
2024
Co-created with Gen AI
When I read,
I light a flame.
The wax retreats,
and leaves its name.
When I create,
I sip my cup.
The coffee marks,
where thoughts rise up.
When I listen,
the record plays.
A needle loops,
through sound and days.
When I look,
the sky has turned.
A ring of stars—
the circle stays.
🕯️
Scarlett Zhao
2022
3D-printed resin sculpture, mixed media (light, acrylic butterflies)
16 × 18 × 10 cm
A delicate sculpture modeled after the female pelvis—
our first doorway into life.
Its form simultaneously evokes the image of a butterfly,
long revered as a symbol of the soul,
in both Chinese and Greek mythology.
From birth to death, from entrance to exit,
this work invites quiet reflection
on the cyclical nature of existence.
When lit from within,
its shadows ripple like wings in motion—
a gentle reminder that
every ending may also be a becoming.
🦋
