About the work
Repeated bands establish a rhythm. A fine diagonal passes through them. Near the lower edge, something stops lining up.
A pale wedge enters the sequence. One dark band narrows; another seems to have slipped away from the order above it. The surface invites us to follow the pattern and then return to the place where it changed.
The pause inside recognition
Repetition gives the eye an expectation. The interruption gives that expectation somewhere to become a question.
It might be a fold, a separation, or a different layer coming forward. Its role can change as we move between the whole composition and its small discrepancy.
Where the idea began
John Dewey described perplexity as a beginning for reflective thought in How We Think. The work starts from that small disturbance: a moment when what we encounter asks for more attention than our first explanation can provide. Read the source.
Ink and paper appearances are digitally interpreted. Explore the idea in practice.
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