Artist Statement
Dichotomy explores the necessity and difficulty of undergoing change. It follows a transition from a world of absolutes, to a world of incomprehension, to a world of possibility. Dichotomy mirrors an active and ongoing conflict in reality, and seeks to reveal the changes I see in the world at large and within my own experience.
Instead of a fully planned narrative, Dichotomy is created continuously, working off a framework of memory and impressions both from the minds of the characters and those of the author. Change takes new and unexpected forms as it progresses, and Dichotomy’s style, plot, and themes should shift over time to express this.
As it stands, I have chosen bare ink as Dichotomy’s medium, as it expresses an absolute dark and light. Though a full range of value can be found on the pages of Dichotomy, it is only formed by an optical illusion. The reader fills in the gaps, placing their own nuances into a medium that can only exist in dualistic conflict: an active, enforced reduction of all things to two ideals that, through their reduction, necessarily render themselves unstable.
I have also taken significant inspiration from dualistic ideas across the globe, in everything from iconography, propaganda, architecture, to the occult traditions of various religions. I have done this because Dichotomies exist at all levels in practically every human culture, and it appears that creating these polarized understandings of the world is, at some level, intrinsic to humans.
What that personally means, and where it must go, is yet to be seen.
