It has been said that the inclination to perfectionism is borne of fear, and fear is among the most potent agents of destruction.
At a time of global tumult and discord, the world found itself having to mandate social isolation as a necessary evil for survival. As a person bent toward introspection, incessant self examination was almost forced upon me; the only alternative being that of distraction, always mere inches away with the vast array of digital analgesic at our disposal. The choice between being hyper-aware of myself or blissfully numb. The ease at which it was to swing between those two states created a dizzying cycle resulting in a disconnect between my inner world, my thoughts and feelings, and my outer world, my demeanour and what I felt able to share with another person.
It was in this liminal space that I found some solace in the exercise of externalising through drawing. Simple rules quickly gives birth to complex forms, contours and values on the page, meanwhile thought patterns and attitudes surface in my conscious mind. These drawings became candid maps of different mental states between expectation and acceptance, attempting to capture moments on the infinite progression from humanity to perfection.
Chaos / Order is a dedication to the necessary day-by-day, conversation-by-conversation and thought-by-thought attempts to accept who you are as you are, and by extension let go of who you expected to be, and reconcile the oftentimes infinite difference.