"Futility of futilities. All is futility!"

2024.

It is a lighthouse. I was lost for direction in my life, until I saw a lighthouse that I could derive a sense of direction from: which direction to avoid, and which direction to pursue.

With my latest artwork - which is a masterpiece, if I may say so myself 😤 - I have painstakingly traced the evolution of human writing systems from mysterious Eastern logograms, to Arabic numerals, to Western alphabets, and finally arrived at the system to unite them all: the magnificent QR Code! This is surely the apex of human achievement! Nothing else in the future can out-perform the QR Code in simplicity, enigma-ness and eloquence! What a marvel of engineering! What a fruit of invention!

What do people want? A comfortable sofa? A soft and warm bed? A cup of fragrant coffee? A box of colour-pencils?

Through this collage, I tried to explore the idea that Maya Angelou has popularised: "we are more alike than we are un-alike".

9th January 2023.

10th January 2023.

I wanted to highlight how absurd it is to point out a public enemy that everyone should rush to eliminate.

Made something today.

It has gotten me thinking how gentlemen are rare to come by, these days.

And no, saying that you yourself are a gentleman doesn't make you one.

Sketched, doodled, day-dreamed, whatever you call it.

About a coffee plant, growing among sun, rain and humans.

Felt a bit bored, so I sat down with some objects that I had stockpiled.

And some kind of collage emerged. I shall title it:

My attempt at upcycling. I hope it brings you a chuckle or two.

I used discarded magazines as part of the materials for this bracelet.

My beginner-attempt to make jewellery out of recycled materials.

(and it seems like I have to learn more about the basics of visual design, if I want to get better.)(and it seems like I have to learn more about the basics of visual design, if I want to get better.)

Materials used: plastic bottle, paper magazine, toilet paper, an un-used sweater.