Fangyi
A wellbeing reference suited to the time, the place and the person.
The time and qi of this moment, ingredients and recipes in season, the customs of the year, and a new issue of Lore every half-month.
About FangyiLinquan 林泉
春山澹冶而如笑夏山蒼翠而如滴秋山明淨而如妝冬山慘淡而如睡
Spring mountains, pale and lovely, as if smilingGuo XiSummer mountains, deep green, as if drippingGuo XiAutumn mountains, clear and bright, as if adornedGuo XiWinter mountains, pale and bleak, as if asleepGuo Xi
Works
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Afterword
Linquan (林泉) means woods and springs; in old usage, the place one retires to. The painter Guo Xi wrote that landscape should be approached “with the heart of woods and springs.” The painting at the top of this page changes colour with the seasons, and the line beside it is his, one of four he wrote on the mountains of the four seasons.
The world turns faster and faster, and people can’t slow down either. Yet only the machines and the news are fast, not the days themselves: we still eat and sleep, and the year still passes through four seasons. Linquan is dear for this reason: it keeps, for the slowness tucked away inside us, a place where we can still take a deep breath.
The studio takes its name from it.
Linquan, summer 2026