She began Cheerfully enough, but no way could she sculpt a serene Kuan-yin with the kindly look of a gentle mother. "I realized I needed to prepare myself on a spiritual level, that this was the only way to begin sculpting a good Kuan-yin."
起先她抱著好玩的心態捏，但卻怎麼也捏不出兼具莊嚴及慈母般溫柔的觀音，「我領悟到要從內心修養起，修養到家才能塑出好的觀音。」連寶猜於是開始吃素、做瑜珈、看經典，逐漸恢復了身體的健康，也使她心情十分平靜。