Tapestry of Pulsating Droplets
T. E. Ang (2022)
122 x 91 cm
Mixed media on canvas
The artwork uses ‘droplets’, epitomizing ‘particles’ as a non-entity and part of the whole to deconstruct the erroneous perception of existence and materiality, further reinforcing the concepts of Inter-being*. It also expresses the artist’s yeaning for a harmoniously interconnected communities, societies and world in a state of ‘homeostasis’ and epitomized by the subtle pulsating resonance of matrix of ‘droplets’, as analogous to orchestrated synchronised heartbeats beyond individualised self. This is especially amidst the on-going Covid-19 pandemic, Russia-Ukraine war, global warming concerns and many other global/societal issues. It represents a world, as a interconnected whole with collective ‘droplets’; and symbolises the spectrum of micro-environments, organisms, communities, individuals with infinite interdependent sub-systems within systems; and capable of causing impactful 'ripple effects' by humans’ thoughts, actions, emotional states …..
*‘Interbeing’ is coined by Thich Nhat Hanh that reveals the inter-connected-ness of all things, connected through our actions, feelings, thoughts, and basically everything else.