Basketry
This time I created a symbol of the Yin-Yang diagram. At this point, I’d like to talk about some meanings of Yin-Yang. The bright color represents Yang, the creative principle. The dark color represents Yin, the receptive principle. These principles are most commonly known in the west as the Yin-Yang diagram, expressing the idea of complementarity of change: When Yang is at stop, yin is increasing, and vice versa. Yin and yang are semantically complex words. Yin is a Noun and it is also a philosophy. It represents negative/passive/female principle in nature, and it refers to the moon as well. In fact, the Chinese character for yin 阴has the moon represented on the right side 月 yue. However, Yang represents positive, active, male principle in nature, and it also refers to the sun. The yang character 阳has day 日ri on the right side. In Chinese philosophy, yin and yang describe how seemingly opposite or contrary forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they may give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another. Consequently, the reason why I made this diagram is to pursue the philosophy of the balance. This coiling work would be a reminder for me to keep in balance towards everything in life as well.
This coiling work does not really look like a traditional Yin-Yang diagram, because I have not created the original boundary between dark and bright. However, I have portrayed the fluidity of each force to be continuously flowing into each other by a line which is meant to represent a flowing river traversing mountains and valleys. The two smaller images, white on black and black on white, represent the interconnection between the opposite forces combining to unite as one.
This coiling work does not really look like a traditional Yin-Yang diagram, because I have not created the original boundary between dark and bright. However, I have portrayed the fluidity of each force to be continuously flowing into each other by a line which is meant to represent a flowing river traversing mountains and valleys. The two smaller images, white on black and black on white, represent the interconnection between the opposite forces combining to unite as one.