沈聖博自述

沈聖博寫於2009-2010年

大家好，我是沈聖博，1980年生。生長在一個小康的家庭，有一個弟弟，父母從事傳統零件製造業，但非常開明，他們願意讓我們兄弟去做任何我們想做的事，即使我們兄弟從事的領域跟他們有著極大的不同，他們仍然全力地支持我們，當我們最堅固可靠的後盾！舉例來說，我弟弟現在職業是樂團吉他手、街頭藝人、唱片製作助理，而我努力地想成為專職藝術家，並從事數位藝術創作。雖然我從交通大學資訊科學研究所畢業，到新竹科學園區當科技新貴似乎是理所當然的事，但我選擇了數位藝術創作，我的父母沒問我為何放棄穩定高薪的收入，他們只說：你就做你想做的事吧～因此，我非常感謝我父母，感謝他們給我非常大的發展空間，若我的人生有什麼成就，那都是因為我父母的寬容、信任、支持與愛。感謝我的父母以及我弟弟，他們給了我愛、夢想與勇氣！

在我29年的人生中，我覺得我很幸運，總是遇到很好的人、很好的老師、很好的同學，當然，還有很好的朋友！感謝他們對我的固執個性的包容，感謝他們願意給我時間好好地讓他們認識我，感謝他們給我的幫忙與協助，感謝他們願意跟我分享生活大小事物，更感謝他們願意跟我說我的缺點並給與建議。若我的人生有什麼精彩的火花，那都是因為這群很好的人、很好的老師、很好的同學，當然，還有很好的朋友！他們給了我堅固的友誼，並讓我知道什麼是分享。

人生真的很奇妙，現在想起來真的覺得不可思議，如果當時沒有去某個地方？如果當時沒遇到某個人？如果當時做了不一樣的決定？如果當時沒有那樣的話，現在也許就不會這樣了吧。想想真的是很奧妙喔，感謝老天如此地安排！謝謝老天讓我修到張恬君老師的課，謝謝老師覺得我很有潛力、謝謝老師陪我聊天並給我鼓勵。謝謝老天讓我遇到我的論文指導教授，沒有教授的幫忙，我不會提早兩個月通過論文口試畢業。謝謝老天讓我選修到黃心健老師及張耘之老師的課程，因為這個課程，我開始了我第一個數位藝術作品，並參加了期末聯展。謝謝老天讓我知道Telematics藝術家Paul Sermon在台北藝術村駐村的消息，跟Paul Sermon相談甚歡後就到他的學校念書，進而學習更多科技藝術的概念。謝謝老天讓我在微型樂園工作，工作期間學習了很多，更感謝微型樂園在「透明的時間感」展覽中，讓我展出我回台後的第一件作品「曾經有一棵樹」。謝謝老天讓我參加玩趣工作坊，因而認識了很多數位藝術愛好者，並且我們成為了朋友，直到現在仍然密切地聯繫與合作！要謝的人太多，要謝的事也太多，就讓我謝謝天吧～若我的人生能走到現在這樣的方向的話，都是老天微妙的安排，給予我人生路途上的許多機會。

我的人生目前至此，我很滿足，因為我遇見了很多很好的人和很多很好的事。因此，我希望我也能成為別人眼中很好的人，以及我也想做對別人而言，很多很好的事。這是我的自傳，我生命中的感動。謝謝！

Self-narrative

Ｗritten by Sheng-Po Shen (2009, 2010)

Hello everyone, I am Sheng-Po Shen, born in 1980, and raised in a middle class family with very supportive parents and a younger brother. My family is engaged in manufacture of tools and metal components. Despise of the society encouraging any of engineering background students pursuing high salary careers, my parents gave us lots of liberty to choose what really interest me and my brother. So now I am a Digital Artist and my brother turned to be a band guitar and street artist, and assistant of a record producer. My parents never forced me to choose other job of high salaries, which usually require me to sacrifice my passion and let just encourage me to pursue what my heart really goes for. So I really appreciate my parents’ support. If I ever made a tiny contribution, that will owe to my parents’ wisdom and generous love. My family renders me love and support so that I can be brave and dare to dream.

I always consider myself a lucky person. I met nice people, teachers, classmates, and friends. They are very nice to me and willing to bear my stubborn personality. I do thank God that arranges me to know these people. They unselfishly share their knowledge, their helps, and spent their time to know me, and sometime willing to share their point of views and help me to improve myself. If I ever make anything exciting and touching, these owe to my friends because they inspire me and let me know the kindness of sharing. 
Life is mysterious; you never know how the decision you made in sometime influence another incident. Thanks God make arrangement that I have took the course of Professor Tien-Chun Chang, and she encouraged me to pursue the career in Digital Art, and my advisor professor helped me graduation earlier, and have me meet Professor Hsin-Chien Huang and Professor Monbaza Chang, and I have the chance to start my first art work of digital art.

It was really wonderful that I met Paul Sermon who at that time was engaged in 
Residency Art Program of Taipei City. I had an exciting talk with him and decided to study abroad to his school for digital art. After graduation, I got a job offer from Microplayground Company. In this job, I had more practice experience, and developed my first work - There was a tree (Digital Archive Program Festival: Transience Is Permanent － The Most Cherished Memories) (@Xinyi Public Assembly Hall, Taipei, Taiwan), (June, 2008). Then I joined Playground Summer camp, and made friends with many digital art workers, and until now, we still keep close interaction and cooperation. These are all opportunities that God arranged. I really thank God.

I think I am really satisfied with what happened in my life! I met a lot of kind people and had good things and stories with them. So I do really hope that I am a nice person in their minds too. I really enjoy doing nice things to people I met...many, many nice things...This is my autobiography and I want to share this feeling! Thank you!