路經中國城一個巷子，喜歡牆壁上的燈影，回車子拿三腳架，回來後，剛剛架好機位，調好構圖對焦參數，就在按下快門的一瞬間，突然駛來一部車子，在我原先構想的畫面中劃下幾道意外的流光。在兩秒鐘的曝光時間裡促成了這個照片。但是我想，這個照片的誕生早在那兩秒鐘以前就已經開始了。
在佛家的觀念裡，開始與結束並無絕對，一切都是因緣和合的結果。這張照片的生成是因為我看到光影，因為我取來了三腳架，因為那輛車正好在那一刻駛過。假如我沒有被那牆上的燈影吸引，沒有決定回車上取三腳架，沒有車子經過，那麼這一道流光或許就不會存在。它的緣起，或許早在我停下腳步，端詳著光影的那一刻，便已經註定。
Walking through an alley in Chinatown, I was drawn to the play of light and shadow on the wall. I went back to my car to retrieve my tripod, set it up carefully, adjusted the composition, focus, and parameters. Just as I pressed the shutter, a car suddenly drove by, tracing unexpected streaks of light across the frame I had originally envisioned. In those two seconds of exposure, the photograph took form. But upon reflection, I realized that its creation had already begun long before those two seconds.
In Buddhist thought, there is no absolute beginning or end—everything is the result of interconnected causes and conditions. This photograph came into being because I noticed the light, because I decided to retrieve my tripod, and because that car happened to pass by at that precise moment. Had I not been captivated by the wall’s glow, had I not chosen to go back for my tripod, had the car not appeared, then those streaks of light might never have existed. Its origin, perhaps, was set in motion the moment I paused, mesmerized by the light and shadow on the wall.