NYC Dream: Adaptation, transformation and genesis

Two years later, as I was reflecting on my own life, I realized adaptation evolves over time as we blend in our own experiences with our inspirations. As a result, I combined my earlier sketches on Swan Lake with my personal performance in playing the evil wizard Rothbert. The struggle of emulating the characters combined with fights in my own life, with a little help from gravity created a fluid, biomorphic and somewhat psychedelic mixed media piece with dynamic composition.

As I was creating this piece in my balcony, suddenly it started raining. Appreciating the involvement and the uncertainty of nature, I kept going instead of moving the setup indoor. Interestingly, the rain water went under the acrylic layer soaking through the coffee filter papers and created uneven yet beautiful greenish brown patches under an otherwise blue and turquoise piece. The next day, after drying this piece as I was carrying this to the installation space, a blue Jay flew over my head and dropped off a feather from it’s wing. Taking it as another sign of nature, I picked up the dark blue feather and glued it on the piece. It may not be a Swan feather but I was very happy no matter what.