The Life Cycle
This ongoing series, *Life Cycle*, is inspired by the psychological labyrinths in Haruki Murakami's novel Norwegian Wood (one of my favourite books). It investigates the disorienting yet beautiful phenomenon of inner metamorphosis—the experience of passing from one state of consciousness into another, only to find that every exit leads not to an end, but to a new beginning in a strangely familiar world.
It is a visual meditation on the non-linear journey of the self, where moments of chaos, order, collapse, and renewal are not endpoints, but continuous phases in a perpetual cycle. The works serve as maps for these intangible passages, inviting the viewer to contemplate their own psychological landscapes.
The specific resolutions of these themes—the interplay of light and structure, chaos and order—are discovered within the visual language of the paintings themselves. This series is an open inquiry, and these first works are an invitation to look inward and begin the exploration.
First Cycle: Rebirth.
acrylic on canvas.
30 x 30 cm.
The first cycle explores the profound and overwhelming moment of beginning—both as an artist and an individual. This work is an attempt to translate the raw sensation of new consciousness into a visual form. A vibrant, neon-drenched palette expresses the beautiful chaos of first experiences, where excitement and confusion are inseparable. It captures that pivotal instant when old understandings fall away, launching a dual journey: an outward adventure into the unknown and an intimate, inward quest for self. This painting is the first mark on the canvas of a larger story, representing the thrilling and vulnerable act of emergence.