She wandered the streets, went to libraries, museums, and galleries, watched street performers, learned pottery, and "picked up junk from the streets." Her artist friend Tsai Er-ping told her something that changed her life and she will never forget: "Life is art, and art is life."
她每天一早就跟著藝術家好友夫妻出門，背著裝滿相機、筆記，和陶藝工具的大包包，大街小巷地到處走，上圖書館、博物館、看畫廊、街頭藝術，學陶藝，還「到處撿破爛」─ ﹘因為藝術家朋友蔡爾平告訴她一句讓她畢生受用無窮的話，「生活就是藝術，藝術就是生活。」