At that time the Taipei National University of the Arts had a branch campus in Luchou, Taipei County. Students and faculty of the Department of Fine Arts frequently visited Hsieh's lumberyard to buy materials. From his chats with them, the artistic talent that had lain buried for many years began surging through his veins. He decided to take a look at the outside world.
當時台北藝術大學分部設在台北縣蘆洲，美術系師生常到謝嘉亨的木材廠買材料，閒聊接觸下，埋藏多年的藝術因子又開始在血液中奔騰，他決定去看看外面的世界。