Between Seasons临水草堂

A quiet place between water and time.

Welcome to Runtian's home.

夜晚，我把未尽的疑问留在窗前任露水覆上它透明的表面等黎明重新照亮万物，那尚未显明的奥秘或许依然沉默——
At night, I leave my unfinished questions at the window,letting the dew settle over their transparent surface.When dawn lights all things anew,the mystery not yet revealedmay still keep its silence —English translation (AI-generated)

Before Dawn 天亮以前Read the poem

Season, hour and sound

Season
Motion
Sound

Made in your browser as you listen — water, wind, birds or crickets. Nothing is downloaded.

Language

Ways to linger

  • Everything with a name leads somewhere. Point at it, or tap it once, to see where; tap again, or press Enter, to go.
  • Some things only answer: shake the tree, touch the water, wake the cat.
  • The garden keeps your hour and season. Change them in Settings, or with ← → for the season and [ ] for the hour.
  • If it moves too much, choose Gentle or Still. Sound stays off until you turn it on.

This hour's poem

天亮以前 Before Dawn

夜晚，我把未尽的疑问留在窗前
任露水覆上它透明的表面
等黎明重新照亮万物，
那尚未显明的奥秘
或许依然沉默——

At night, I leave my unfinished questions at the window,
letting the dew settle over their transparent surface.
When dawn lights all things anew,
the mystery not yet revealed
may still keep its silence —

English translation (AI-generated)

Read the poem

Places in the garden

其人 About
A house need not be large. Enough for a bed, a fire, and someone who wants to come back.
所研 Research
The lamp at the desk stays lit. Some questions take a whole life to think through.
所作 Software
Here an idea becomes wood, then a thing, then an ordinary day in someone's hands.
所书 Writing
What you write down remembers the part you will forget.
光影 Gallery
Pictures, and the light that fell on them.
致信 Contact
Letters are welcome.

Newest writingThe Mountain Is There — On AI and Humanity

From the workshopOverlap A small scheduling app for finding the hours that suit everyone.

On the hour

Time is the only thing the garden truly obeys. Wherever you are, the light tries to meet you there — and the sun and moon keep the hours they would keep outside your own window.

On the sky

I keep the sky clear all year. Clouds do not speak for the sky — so the light can fall all the way to the water, the eaves, and you.

On the garden

A garden is slow. It fixes nothing and never hurries you along; the longer you stay, the more it becomes your own place.