In the introduction to Alternate Domains in Black and White-A Notebook, he describes his thoughts at that time: "Before I got sick, I didn't put any feeling into any of the little characters in my paintings. I was like an animal trainer, beating them day and night.
在《黑白異境－Notebook》序言中，幾米道出了當時的心境：「生病前我對畫裡任何小人物都未投入感情，我有如馴獸師，日夜鞭打他們。