Out of Drifting 游离之外

Photography, 2022

We are lost in the established order. Chaotic drifts, uncontrolled collisions, contradictory splits. How does time pass and how does one try to find a zone outside of wandering that is strong enough to fight against it?

看山是山；看山不是山；看山还是山。

The human will, emotion, reason, constitute an ordered extension of thought.

The emptiness of the nature of things reconstructs cognition.

The human will, emotions, and reason constitute an orderly extension of the mind.
Cognition is fluid. Flow is the absurdity of disorder against orderliness.
The emptiness of the nature of things reconfigures cognition.

• Based on the Taoist philosophical idea of "thinking without images", we reflect on the process of perceiving things, on blinded appearances, cognitive conflicts, contradictions and states of trance.
  
• Knowledge and experience influence what we see and feel, and we have a tendency to perceive information about our environment in terms of specific categories of knowledge. Explore how different people's perceptions of things are influenced by categories of knowledge, past experiences and psychological factors.
• How shifts in perception affect how people react and think.