(Mixed media and silk on handmade mulberry paper)
The closest equivalent to the Chinese expression “Yuánfèn” is Carl Jung’s “Synchronicity”. It is the "binding force" that links two persons together in any relationship. A Chinese proverb says, “It takes hundreds of reincarnations to bring two persons to ride in the same boat; it takes a thousand aeons to bring two persons to share the same pillow.” In the painting, the square represents the four corners of the world, the circles - also pronounced the same in Chinese as "yuan" - symbolizes completion. The tapes that hold the panels together are the invisible ties that bind us together. That you are here, looking at this painting, reading this text, means there's "yuan" between us.
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