Drawing from 45 degrees –– Zheng Hui-lian’s high school graduation exhibition and book release

Born in 1996, Zheng Hui-lian (鄭慧蓮) fell ill and became paralyzed at just 5 years old. Today, at the age of 18, Zheng Hui-lian has already won three major awards, put on nineteen exhibitions, and released two books – one of them a picture book. On the eve of graduation from National Chiayi Special School, Zheng Hui-lian has already secured a study place in Nanhua University. 

Despite the fact that Zheng Hui-lian’s paralysis from the neck down and reliance on a respirator to sustain her life put attending school out of the question for her, the family never abandoned the prospect of study and opted for homeschooling. Sitting inclined to an upward angle of 45 degrees with painting brush clasped in her mouth, stroke by stoke, Zheng Hui-lian slowly completes her artworks. Zheng Hui-lian has never compromised herself over the harsh deck of cards life dealt her, but instead broken through her physical limitations and dedicated her life to painting. Winner of a ‘President's Education Award’, Chou Ta Kuan Foundation’s ‘Global Love of Lives Award’ and the 2013 Ministry of Culture’s Enable Prize, Zheng Hui-lian is real educational example of success. 

Drawing from 45 degrees –– Zheng Hui-lian’s high school graduation exhibition and book release

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(以下是中文對照)

畫亮45度的天空-鄭慧蓮(阿丹)高中畢業成果展暨新書發表會 影音

鄭慧蓮(阿丹)，民國85年出生，5歲生病癱瘓，至今年已18個年頭，期間榮獲三項大獎、舉辦19次畫展，出版二本書、一繪本，即將於國立嘉義特殊教育學校高中畢業，也已經取得進入南華大學就讀的機會。

鄭慧蓮自頸椎以下全身癱瘓，必須靠呼吸器才能維持生命，她不方便到學校上課，因此目前都採在家教育，慧蓮及家長並沒有放棄學習，她必須以頭部仰角45度，嘴巴含着畫筆一筆一畫、一點一滴，來逐步完成她的畫作。鄭慧蓮不向命運妥協，突破了身體的限制，努力作畫，她曾榮獲總統教育獎、周大觀文教基金會第11屆全球熱愛生命獎章及102年文化部文薈獎優選，她也是生命教育最真實、最成功的例證。