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Hi,Dear Friends
How are you?
Time flies—eight weeks have passed since I last wrote to you. During the Chinese Spring Festival, I sincerely wish you and your family greater happiness, better fortune, and more fulfilling achievements in the Year of the Horse!
On my side, over the past eight weeks, in addition to caring for my father, I accomplished three main things:
First, I summarized what I had thought, created, explored, and established during my travels across the United States, China, and Australia.
Here is some information about it and I hope to bring you a big smile!
https://www.ebridge.cn/v2/content/aboutus
Second, as a lifelong learner, I recharged myself daily; over the past eight weeks, I focused mainly on English, art, and music to prepare for my upcoming trips to the United States and Australia in mid- and late 2026.
Regarding English, I have completed a 100-hour spoken English course and practiced speaking with an AI tutor everyday; regarding art, I have read, listened to, or watched a great deal of art theory, and I am experimenting with combining various Chinese painting techniques, and integrating them with certain Western art materials; regarding music, I have resumed my vocal music training.
You can see both my music instructor, Mrs. Ma - my first music teacher since 2002 and me in today’s music lesson, as shown in the photo accompanying this letter.
Here is a note I wrote about her in 2006, after she had taught me for four years:
https://www.ebridge.com.cn/new/writing/writing.php?sno=917
Moreover, I am interested in exploring the relationships among science, religion, and philosophy—as well as those between ancient history and contemporary civilization.
Third, I have scheduled my summer trip to the United States, my autumn stay in China, and my winter trip to Australia—which is in fact Australia’s summer.
If nothing unexpected arises, I will attend the 2026 Annual Conference of the American Chinese Teachers Association and deliver a presentation; afterward, I will teach four cross-cultural, integrated art workshops in the United States during the summer of 2026.
Then, in the fall, I will be in China preparing for my new art exhibition. In November, I will return to Australia to hold my first solo, cross-cultural, integrated art exhibition in Sydney in December, 2026.
Here is some information about my art exhibition in Sydney:
How about you? Have you had anything special over the past eight weeks? Have you scheduled any international or domestic trips for 2026?
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Sincerely, I am just a lifelong learner in the arts of painting, music, English, management and Chinese art teaching, and work on the website in my free time. I would really like to do something with what I have learned and make this website a little electronic bridge for cross-cultural and integrated/comprehensive art and Chinese language studying. This way, I can help others while improving myself.
Thank you always for your understanding, guidance and assistance and if you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please feel free to write to info@ebridge.cn .
Shirley Yiping Zhang
February 23, 2026
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