My next series of work is exploring a concept that has been an interest of mine for the past ten years or so: Duality.
We are taught about opposites from an early age. As a child, you are shown what is hot and cold; good and bad. There is a notion that a thing only exists in relation to its opposite. Extremes meet somewhere in the middle. Opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; there exists varying degrees of the same thing – duality being an important part of a whole.
Life is about reconciling opposites. Everything in the Middle is about Preservation. We exist, for the most part, in the Middle.
I want to explore the extremes of dualism: The Polarity. I want to create pieces that focus on the extremes:
· Creation – Destruction
· Serenity – Chaos
· Light – Darkness
· Heat – Coldness
· Life – Death
I want to explore these polar human emotions and traits:
· Mercy – Severity
· Love – Hate
· Truth – Ignorance
· Dominance – Submission
· Acceptance – Rejection
· Passion -Apathy