悟 · Know my heart
The Chinese character 悟 WU means “awaken”. This character is composed of two parts “吾” and “忄” which means “my” and “heart”. Chinese characters are pictographic. Thus, it can be deduced that a person is awakened when he or she is able to understand their heart.
Zhuangzi’s discerning ideology gave me significant change of how I understand the relationship between my inner self and external society. The project 悟 · Know my heart transforms Zhuangzi’s unrestrained, carefree, and imaginative teachings into imageries that demonstrate his ethereal yet insightful philosophy. I believe that photography metaphysically associates with philosophy.
The world hustles and bustles for profit and fame. The stair-like sculpture mirrors the different classes in a capitalistic society.
The monochromatic room suppresses our color perception. However, a torchlight counters that, to signal hopes of enlightening light that illuminates our heart in a hustling and bustling world so that we can reserve the absolute freedom for our inner self.
Chinese Philosophy, Daoism, Imagery, Monochromatic Light, Photography
Photograph, Print, Sculpture
Photography, Photoshop
Wood, Inject print
Dimensions variable
17 May 2021
17 May 2021
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