When I was a child, one of the many world-famous paintings I loved featured melting clocks, which left a deep impression on me, though I never knew the artist's name. At the end of June this year, my wife and I had the fortune to visit the Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, where I was astonished to realize that the masterpiece I had long admired was created by this very artist. Dalí, along with Picasso and Miró, is considered one of the three great Spanish artists of the 20th century. He was a surrealist painter. Throughout the exhibition, I could clearly see the artist’s obsession and dedication to his craft, as well as the evolution of his style across different periods. First, I visited Dalí's later works, mostly created between the 1960s and 1970s. Most of these pieces are surrealist works created using etching or lithography. The primary motivation for using printmaking techniques was their reproducibility. It is evident that in his later years, Dalí preferred printmaking as
I come from a country where freedom of speech is restricted. I remember when I first registered my Twitter account in 2017, it felt like opening a new world. Indeed, at that time, I fully experienced the allure of free speech; social media became a favorable place for me to express my political views. Because the topics I am interested in cannot be discussed on China's "intranet," I became engrossed in Twitter, spending significant time daily sharing my thoughts and opinions. However, I found that over time, a sense of isolation from my relatives and colleagues in real life began to develop. Firstly, the primary reason for this isolation was that the topics we focused on were no longer the same. My relatives and friends enjoyed their peaceful lives, discussing topics like cuisine, housing, cars, and children's education. Meanwhile, on Twitter, I was exposed to content I had never seen before in my life. I learned about massacres committed by the authorities against th