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About Jimmy
_____Created by Huang Xiaoyu
Now a best-selling author of picture books, Jimmy continues to assert control over his life. He works only on projects that inspire him and refuses to let fame limit his freedom. However, as sure as Jimmy is of his own path, he is sensitive that for others, freedom presents its own problems. In a world of infinite possibilities, choice can seem overwhelming.
Despite his newfound fame and wealth, Jimmy prefers working quietly at home with his wife and daughter. He spends his mornings drawing, and his afternoons doing chi-gong.ToJimmy, the freedom to live his life as he chooses means much more than money and attention ever could.
This idea is represented
in Jimmy's books,swheresthe
small scale of his characters
expresses the powerlessness
they feel when facing choices.
The message contained in the
brief explanations that accompany
Jimmy's drawings, however, is
hopeful: Though the world may
make us feel small, we must be
brave. Everything will be all right for us—
as it is for the“small people”in Jimmy's books—if we
make appropriate choices.
One spring afternoon
five years ago, Jimmy Liao
sat crying in the lobby of
Taipei's Sherwood Hotel.
Life seemed horribly unfair. The laughing people who
walked past took their health for granted, just as he used to
himself. Now, however, he felt helpless—and he couldn't
even express his frustration through painting.
As he had always been one
to take lifesintoshis own
hands, Jimmy found his
helplessness unnatural.
Seeking more personally
satisfying work, he had recently
left a successful career as a commercial
artist.
It seemed that fate had played
a cruel trick when he developed
cancer and was unable to work.
But that moment in the hotel was
a turning point for Jimmy. He
became conscious of the fact that there is no such thing as
fate, only choice.
According to Jimmy, you are what
you choose to be. You can give up
and be a loser, or you can work to be
a happier person. Jimmy realized that,
while the world sometimes seems
unfair, your choices can change your
perceptions.
Thank you very much !