Sprung Grid, By Lian Ng
Often times it is the simplest of designs and ideas that are the most powerful. This design, by Lian Ng (a professor I had at Academy of Art University), fits the bill. Fantastic. And this with only three strings broken:
I think what gets me is its personal meaning. The obvious meaning is a design grid that has been broken. The orderly disrupted by the disorderly. But the deeper meaning to me is very personal. It speaks of my old desire to keep my life clean, neat, orderly, simple, pure…square. And then all of a sudden it breaks. Order snaps. My neat, clean life and mindset gets sprung.
But isn’t it the broken pieces that create the beauty? Isn’t that were life is found? In acknowledging and accepting my brokenness and humanity.
You can see and buy a copy of this and other works by Lian here.
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