3  Riddles from this Italian opera by Puccini:

1st, What is born each night and dies each dawn?

2nd, What flickers red and warm like a flame, but is not fire?

3rd, What is ice which gives you fire and which your fire freezes still more?

My dear, what is the ice that makes you burn?

Mowen Li

the Persian Princess in Turandot
Acrylic on Paper
380mm X 560mm
2017.7.2. Philippines