攝影創作曾被前輩阮義忠讚譽為華人世界最有深度的作品之一的馮君藍，自言以攝影作品表達信仰的關照，或者更精確地說，是透過攝影作品尋求理解人類對於世界的觀看的限制與逾越，而循此顯證基督精神的「道」在這個世界的生成與顯現。 馮君藍在本次展覽中特別引述老子道德經：「道沖，而用之或不盈。淵兮，似萬物之宗；挫其銳，解其紛，和其光，同其塵。湛兮，似或存。吾不知誰之子，象帝之先。」當我們能與所在的世界「和其光，同其塵」時，世界所能對我們的意識所開展的，是那個如「象帝之先」，只能意會而不可勝數道盡的道的原初。因此，馮君藍「和光同塵」個展不僅可視為一個教會神職人員為證道而做的宗教論述，更應被看做一個當代完熟的哲學心靈以攝影為媒材、以人間世為觀照與對象的範疇而留下的藝術書寫。

Stanley FUNG's photographic work has been praised to be one of the most profound works in the Chinese-speaking world by photographer RUAN Yi-Zhong. FUNG says that his photography conveys the attention to faith, or to be more precise, it is a quest to understand how human beings are limited and transgress in terms of perceiving the world. Such examination reveals how the "Tao" that testifies to the spirit of Christ is formed and manifested in this world.

In this exhibition, FUNG especially quotes Laozi's Tao Te Ching, which states "Tao is a hollow vessel, and its use is inexhaustible! Fathomless! Like the fountain head of all things; its sharp edges rounded off, its tangles untied, its light tempered, its turmoil submerged. Yet dark like deep water it seems to remain. I do not know whose Son it is, an image of what existed before God." When we can become tempered with the light and submerged with the turmoil of the world we inhabit, the world unfolds in a way to show the "image of what existed before God," or the origin of Tao, which can only be sensed and cannot be explained. For this reason, FUNG's Soften the Light Hidden in the Dust is not only a religious testament of a clergyman but also an artistic writing on the secular world by a mature, philosophical mind in the contemporary era.

馮君藍 Stanley Fung

1961年出生於香港，自幼時隨著宣教士父親來到台灣，開拓衛理公會在嘉義的第一間教會。少年時參與教會少年團契，信仰得啟蒙，領受堅振禮成為基督徒。後就讀協和工商美工科，受教於恩師董振平先生 。後於1982年受攝影家阮義忠兩次攝影展《北埔》及《八尺門》啟發，開始從事攝影相關創作。1996年入臺灣神學院修習基督教社會工作，2003年完成神學院道學碩士學業後，開始擔任傳道職，2008年受按立牧師職後，目前擔任士林「有福堂」駐堂牧師。

Born in Hong Kong in 1961, Stanley FUNG moved to Taiwan as a child with his missionary father, who established the first Methodist Church in Chiayi. As a teenager, he joined the Church's teenage fellowship, where he was bestowed the gift of faith, and later, received confirmation and became a Christian. He studied at Fu-Hsin Trade and Arts School, where he learned immensely from Mr. TUNG Chen-Ping. In 1982, he was inspired by RUAN Yi-Zhong's solo exhibitions, Beipu and Bachimen, and started his photographic creation. In 1996, he entered Taiwan Theological College and Seminary to study and train in Christian social work, and completed the MA program in 2003, and started preaching. He was ordained as a pastor in 2008, and now serves at Blessedness Church in Shilin.