Dali Wu

I’ve long been interested in the intersection of healing, art, and transformation, so designing the visual direction for “Not My Baggage” felt especially meaningful to me.

At its core, this project speaks to something deeply human: we all carry baggage. Some of it belongs to our own life lessons; some of it was never ours to carry in the first place.

For the main cover, I imagined a woman in a baggage claim space—inspired by the tense, anxious atmosphere of waiting by an airport conveyor belt. But instead of being overwhelmed by the crowd or the uncertainty, she takes what is hers and leaves with clarity, steadiness, and lightness.

The companion guided journal, created as a visual diptych with the book cover, shows the same woman in the same emotional universe—but this time, instead of anxiously reclaiming her baggage, she is calmly journaling beside it. For me, that image reflects an equally important part of healing: making space to reflect on what we carry, and to discern what is truly ours.

The back cover extends this visual language through baggage tags labeled with familiar emotional patterns: overfunctioning, people-pleasing, staying small, not mine, return to sender…

The overall mood is painterly, impressionistic, organic, and gently urban—meant to evoke emotional flow, softness, and the possibility of release.

Towards the Unknown—Genesis of Form.
Inner illustration for the series ”De Scientia Dei”. Mixed media on paper.
Ongoing project.

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🌱𝕁𝕠𝕪𝕖𝕦𝕩 𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕤 𝕕𝕖 𝕝𝕒 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕕𝕖 𝕝’𝕖́𝕢𝕦𝕚𝕡𝕖 𝕕𝕦 𝔽𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕝 𝕊𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕒 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕒 !
La nature renaît, et on se rappelle ce magnifique moment de notre 10e édition à la Place-des-Arts, célébrant les femmes en musique et dans les arts : la soprano Élisabeth St-Gelais interprétant des œuvres de Sherryl Sewepagaham et de Cécile Chaminade, entourée des impressionnantes créations visuelles de Dali Wu, magnifiquement immortalisé par Agnieszka Stalkoper.
On se voit la prochaine édition !

🌷𝕎𝕒𝕣𝕞 𝕤𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕚𝕤𝕙𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕣𝕠𝕞 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔽𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕝 𝕊𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕒 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕒 𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕞!
Nature is blooming anew soon, and so what a wonderful time to remind ourselves of this beautiful moment from our 10th anniversary at Place des Arts, celebrating women in music and the arts. Soprano Elisabeth St-Gelais performs pieces by Sherryl Sewepagaham and Cécile Chaminade, surrounded by stunning artwork by Dali Wu, beautifully captured by Agnieszka Stalkoper.🌷
We'll see you soon for next edition!

Thrilled to share that one of my cover designs has been featured in Reedsy’s Best Cover Art Gallery! Thank you for the collaboration
Link: https://reedsy.com/resources/book-covers/best/

Gratitude to Fo Guang Shan, University of the West, Venerable Miaolung Shih, my dear friend Keyun Li, and all cross-cultural, interfaith mentors and kindred friends for your vital support as peace messengers. 🙏🕊️

聯合國跨信仰和諧周　青年佛學學者吳達立發言 在「2026年聯合國跨信仰和諧周」活動中，視覺藝術家、學者吳達立博士受到西來大學妙隆法師邀請，於2月3日擔任線上座談會的青年代表發言人。吳達立分享佛法修行、創作與研究心得，並與來自印度教與基督教正統派的作家、...

Join us for 2026 UN World Interfaith Harmony Week:
Joy, Compassion, and Meaning in Life from Interfaith Perspectives

Date: Tue, Feb 3, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM (Central Time / Texas)
Address: First Lutheran Church Parish Hall, Galveston, TX + Zoom
Event Register: https://utmbs.us/96f

I’m honored to join as a panelist and the graphic designer for this year’s poster. Welcome!

Happy Holidays and best wishes for 2026 — may this new year bring you light, joy, and gentle breakthroughs.

Joyeuses fêtes et très belle année 2026 — que cette nouvelle année vous apporte lumière, joie et de douces percées.

二零二六新年安康，阖家美满——愿新的一年带给你光明、清凉与温柔的突破。

© Dali Wu, 2025 | All rights reserved.

Ma thèse de doctorat est en ligne (open access) ✨
« Trans-image : l’expérience de l’éveil à l’ère du posthumain à travers des pratiques de recherche-création »

Thèse (PDF) : https://archipel.uqam.ca/19418/
Site du projet : https://trans-image.art

Un parcours de recherche-création entre art, technologies, posthumanisme, bouddhisme & individuation — et un dispositif expérientiel : Trans-image. La thèse-création elle-même se déploie comme une installation conceptuelle et incarnée. Bonne lecture 🙌🏼

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My PhD dissertation is now online (open access) ✨
“Trans-image: Experiencing Awakening in the Posthuman Era through Research-Creation Practices”

Dissertation (PDF) : https://archipel.uqam.ca/19418/
Project website: https://trans-image.art

A research-creation journey across art, technology, posthumanism, Buddhism & individuation — and an experiential dispositif: Trans-image. The thesis itself unfolds as a conceptual, embodied installation in its own right.

New cover art © Dali Wu, from original mountainscape painting to the final cover of Jasmine by .
From the campfire and Johnny’s colour, through Jasmine in greyscale, up along the title and mountain ridges into the opening sky — a small visual journey from the edge back toward life.

Work in progress: De Scientia Dei — Volume I (2025)
Visual conception, cover design, and interior cosmographic illustrations
by Dali Wu

So grateful to unveil the visual world I created for Sturling De’i Gratia’s philosophical series De Scientia Dei.
This project weaves together painting, recursive geometries, and structural light to reflect the book’s architecture of intelligibility and the unfolding of thought.

Some space-study sketches.
Mixed media on watercolor paper.
© Dali Wu.

This year, I was featured as the highlighted visual artist at the Stella Music Festival, where my visual works and live performances were showcased together.