I asked others to follow nine prompts and paint with white paint on a black gessoed canvas scroll. I asked them to visualize this scroll as a community garden. Everyone is planting/decorating this garden. This scroll also should be read in right-to-left order, with the beginning of time on the far right and the end of time on the far left.
0.黑色是母亲的肚子，我的白骨在黑色中默默地组成黑白以外的颜色，我是否需要颜色？我是否需要实体？我的血管就像榕树一样，在我的骨头上蜿蜒。
0. Black is the color of the uterus of the Mother, my existence silently forms colors other than black: white bone, red blood, and yellow skin. do I need color? Do I need solidity? My veins snake through my bones like a banyan tree.
1.每种动物的精子有着不一样的形状，有的好像雏菊，有的拥有两条尾巴。但他们的颜色都是统一的白色。
1. The sperm of each animal has a different shape, some seem like daisies, and some possess two tails. But they are all uniformly white in color.
2.我的烦恼如同银河，在无边界的夜空中闪烁着微弱的白光。我的烦恼在历史的长河显得多么微不足道，然而，它却这么多。
2. My troubles are like the Milky Way, glimmering with a faint white light in the borderless night sky. How insignificant my troubles seem in the long river of history, yet they are so many.
3.我剪去白色百合花绿色的部分，最后，我将他们放入了黑色的潭水中。
3. I cut off the green parts of the white lilies, and, finally, I put them into the black pool of water.
4.菊花是一个白色的漩涡，是送给死者珍贵的礼物。在漩涡的最中间是一个黑洞，你想将手指伸进去吗。
4. The chrysanthemum is a white whirlpool, a precious gift for the dead. In the very center of the swirl is a black hole, would you like to stick your finger in it?
5.我耐心地粉刷着黑色，或许用黑色覆盖一切是一个好主意，如果一个世界本来就是黑色，我为何要添加多余的色彩呢？
5. I patiently painted black, maybe it was a good idea to cover everything in black, if the world is already black, why would I add extra color?
6.一个朦胧的蛋经过了人工漂洗变成了可口的白色。你想选择让它孕育生命还是选择让它填饱你饥饿的胃？
6. A hazy egg has been artificially rinsed to a delicious white. Do you want to choose to let it nurture life or choose to let it fill your hungry stomach?
7.我太想家了，我想念那个呼啸着寒风的黑夜，只有满地的雪映照着白色的月光。我想拂开白色的雪，创造一小块黑色的肥沃的土，土上面一定有蓄势待发的蒲公英的羽毛。
7. I miss the dark nights with the howling cold winds, with only the snow-filled ground reflecting the white moonlight. I want to brush away the white snow and create a small patch of black, fertile soil, on which there must be dandelion feathers ready to sprout.
8.高速转动的白色郁金香可以灼烧一个人的双手，留下焦黑的痕迹。
8. A white tulip spinning at high speed can burn one's hands, leaving scorched black marks.
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