Mushroom is part of the Zombie Diaries series of painting.

This Headless Zombie was in the ground for some time. When it awoke, it suddenly found itself bombarded by noise and activity everywhere. There were things growing and crawling on it. Not just on it but also inside it. It felt its senses extend beyond its own body by the fungal network and it is overwhelming. When I drew this image, I imagined shock and terror going through the thoughts of the Headless Zombie. Its body was returning to the earth. Other organisms have started to claim it and build their lives on it. Headless Zombie took a while to realise that it was actually supporting this community of organism and it may not be a bad thin g to be depended on, to depend on others, and to be part of something larger than itself.

About Zombie Diaries

Zombie Diaries is based on the premise that zombies have taken over the world. There are no human beings left! We have either turned to zombies or were eaten by them! What happens if zombies continue to live without human beings, their main source of food? What do they eat? How do they survive? What do they feel? Each painting is a diary entry by a zombie. They live among nature and the ruins of the city, adapting to an environment where Nature has started to take over. In this series of paintings, I chose to depict elements from the city I live in. Plants, animals, infrastructure and environments are based on places I have been to, things I have seen and researched about in Singapore. To me, zombies are a metaphor for our fears. Because they are essentially humans, zombies are also metaphoric for what we fear about ourselves.

Zombie Diaries is conceptualised as a deck of cards with an accompanying zine that describes the meaning of the cards. The deck can be used for a game of story-telling, oracle card readings or as prompts in journal writing.