Longing

Father is gone. But his grandfather is there, and all the relatives already in heaven are there; a place beside the hearth has long been kept for him. The Naxi have never believed in loneliness.

《Hua Niao Dao》 is an island residency carried out by Mu Yuming from 17 September to 17 October 2025 on Huaniao Island, Shengsi, Zhejiang — arriving on the island twelve days after the death of his father on 5 September 2025. From the funeral to the sea wind.

A friend dreamed of the artist's parents walking hand in hand; his father said: 「Our child can stand on his own now.」 Finally, graduation.