virtues, deadly sins or pure medicines
Erotic Paradise – No.1 Enjoyment
‘No one knows what you are doing,
but you should trust and cherish in company.’
Erotic Paradise – No.2
Self-immolation
‘Self-protection can never fulfil yourself.
In order to give,
you should be ready to sacrifice.’
Erotic Paradise – No.3 Drafting
‘You have no abode when
travelling. You should make friends to call
everywhere your home and everyone
your wife.’
Erotic Paradise – No.4 Radicalism
‘Exiled with no support, all your
efforts are in vain. But be prepared
for struggles any moment.’
Erotic Paradise – No.5 Stinginess
‘Spiritual sharing is difficult,
and physical sharing is dangerous.
You should learn to be alone and enjoy
yourself.’
Erotic Paradise – No.6 Misdeeds
'Being unloved is the biggest stigma
and suffering. But the pain of love
is sweeter than all other joy.’
Erotic Paradise – No.7 Hypocrisy
‘Don’t be scared of your desires.
The truths for life lie in kindness and positive steps towards their
realization.’
Traditional
mimeographs on cotton papers by Hou Chin-ming, 1992.
Joint
exhibition under the title of
Ten
Million Rooms of Yearning. Sex in Hong Kong
10-25
May, 2014 at Sheung Wan Civic Centre
(Seven
mimeographs are exhibited instead of eight in total;
English
translation slightly modified by Sundial)
The above male assertions may be seen as partial
and incomplete
counterpoints to
七德圖之說
是七宗罪，還是七劑藥
侯俊明之《極樂圖懺》系列，油印綿紙
展於2014年5月10至25日上環文姘娛中心
題為《熱望之房 — 性與香港》聯展的部份
（原系列共八圖，只有七圖展出。原文的英文翻譯經筆者調整）
的一只乾坤配對。
