Scooping Moonlight Shadow in Hand
Scooping Moonlight Shadow in Hand is to hold the water with both hands. Amid the sparkling waves, the moonlight shimmers. The moon in the water is illusory, while that in the sky is real; but seen by the eyes, the moon in the hands and in the sky are both clear beauty on earth. The soul of the moon is the same, no need to lament. We are also the same. Facing the cycle like the moon, we could not tell the difference between the real and the imaginary.
When faced with the loss of a loved one or friend, we are painful, confused, blaming ourselves and feeling guilty that we did not show our love properly when the other person was alive. Maybe it doesn't need to be so sad. When the other person goes to another world, we can't see them, just like we can't have the real moon. But just like the moon in water, they remain with us, perhaps transformed into spiritual bodies, guarding us. I wanted to combine the occult with some psychological perspectives and brain science to make a series of clothes that convey a kind of zenology centering around the moon in water .
And we struggle and search between the unreal and the real, we are establishing a foundation precisely to grow in the real world.
Nowadays, after the initial shock of losing a loved one you may struggle when thinking of future experiences that those people will not be there to share or see. Bereavement is tough.
American professor Barbara Aulicino found mind-body dualism may be inherent in life, like an intuition. So I consider that the dualism of body-soul can make the concept of "guardian spirit" better accepted and help people who have lost family members and friends to get through their sad moments.
I thought of a line from an ancient Chinese poem of Neo-Confucianism, ‘Scooping Moonlight Shadow in Hand’. Since ancient times, the Chinese people have had a special affection for the moon. People look at the moon to send their thoughts to their family members and friends.The moon symbolizes separation and reunion. It is like people's moods that change from one day to the next. I take the bright moon in the sky, the shadow of the moon in the water, the moon spirit of the heart to compare to the deceased, the spirit body and our thoughts.
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I believe that the heavenly moon, the water moon and the moon in the heart are in a symmetrical opposite state. Like Yin and Yang in Tai Chi, which are opposite. Tai Chi is the embodiment of the core ideology of Taoism, a native Chinese religion, and the transformation from imagination into reality is also a concept I want to integrate in the costume. So I will develop the fashion design according to the rituals of Taoist practices.
After visiting Taoist temples, I used an optical experiment to bring out the spiritual power of different mudras when performing the ritual and used Schlieren imaging to make invisible flow elements visible.
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The Taoist priests use the methods of talisman, seal, astral, and mudra to summon the spirits of the dead to earth, and I chose mudra as the object of study. I follow the method of schlieren imaging to demonstrate the mudra. Two people's hands changed like two spirits communicating, and I used them on a Taoist robe cut in the ancient method.
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This inspired me to use ritual objects as the material of biological fabric, which not only corresponds to the Taoist concept ‘Life and death come and go with the flow’, but also add the clothes with the meaning of communicating with the soul and sending thoughts. The material is environmentally friendly and edible, and the dye is naturally derived from plants. The material can be melted in hot water and then recreated, and the cycle repeats itself.
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The concept of life after death, or more specifically conscious awareness after bodily death, is generally referred to in the context of the 'soul'．
Life, at its core, may be a quantum process. When the The physical body dies, quantum information relating to the subject's conscious experience and memory isn't lost or destroyed, but may dissipate to the universe remaining entangled as a unified soul-like entity grounded in Planck scale geometry.
Combining the string model and the projection of the moonlight on the water, I restored the soul to a circular ripple pattern. Then I draw a picture for the fabric after cutting and beading.I use jade beads to simulate the sense of light points of the soul shimmering and the reflection of water waves under the moon.
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How do you actually feel the soul? It occurred to me that the soul has something to do with magnetism.A team of researchers at Caltech obtained a new type of Faraday cage for changing the relative orientation of the magnetic field to the brain, and tested that the subject's brain surprisingly showed the typical alpha-ERD pattern, i.e., the human brain can feel the magnetic field and respond to changes in the magnetic field.
So I measure the movement of the soul by detecting brain waves that reflect the magnetic field around them.
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I imagine the magnetic field lines as a beautiful distance track that connects us and programming with Touch Designer is aimed to build a multifaceted mesh structure.
The programming is to color the mesh according to the input of the brain waves and then the projection in real time.
I decided to make the headgear into a mask. Because the mask from ancient times is a tool to hide their identity to communicate with the gods.
Based on the vision out of Touch Designer, I choose a model of the magnetic field lines model it with Nomand. Finally, modeling the mask with 3D printing.Use the previous beads to simulate the magnetic field lines. Put the electroencephalographic device into it to cover it. And the mask is finished.
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In my opinion, modern society has caused a lack of faith in people, but we can use technology to rebuild the society in a new way.
I always believe that clothing is a good medium. I want to better express social philosophies and nature through fashion design, with the intention to inspire the wearer to think about his identity and behavior, and to work practically with technology to better the relationship between fashion and the environment.
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When faced with the loss of a loved one or friend, we are painful, confused, blaming ourselves and feeling guilty that we did not show our love properly when the other person was alive. Maybe it doesn't need to be so sad. When the other person goes to another world, we can't see them, just like we can't have the real moon. But just like the moon in water, they remain with us, perhaps transformed into spiritual bodies, guarding us. I wanted to combine the occult with some psychological perspectives and brain science to make a series of clothes that convey a kind of zenology centering around the moon in water .
And we struggle and search between the unreal and the real, we are establishing a foundation precisely to grow in the real world.
Nowadays, after the initial shock of losing a loved one you may struggle when thinking of future experiences that those people will not be there to share or see. Bereavement is tough.
American professor Barbara Aulicino found mind-body dualism may be inherent in life, like an intuition. So I consider that the dualism of body-soul can make the concept of "guardian spirit" better accepted and help people who have lost family members and friends to get through their sad moments.
I thought of a line from an ancient Chinese poem of Neo-Confucianism, ‘Scooping Moonlight Shadow in Hand’. Since ancient times, the Chinese people have had a special affection for the moon. People look at the moon to send their thoughts to their family members and friends.The moon symbolizes separation and reunion. It is like people's moods that change from one day to the next. I take the bright moon in the sky, the shadow of the moon in the water, the moon spirit of the heart to compare to the deceased, the spirit body and our thoughts.
I believe that the heavenly moon, the water moon and the moon in the heart are in a symmetrical opposite state. Like Yin and Yang in Tai Chi, which are opposite. Tai Chi is the embodiment of the core ideology of Taoism, a native Chinese religion, and the transformation from imagination into reality is also a concept I want to integrate in the costume. So I will develop the fashion design according to the rituals of Taoist practices.
After visiting Taoist temples, I used an optical experiment to bring out the spiritual power of different mudras when performing the ritual and used Schlieren imaging to make invisible flow elements visible.
The Taoist priests use the methods of talisman, seal, astral, and mudra to summon the spirits of the dead to earth, and I chose mudra as the object of study. I follow the method of schlieren imaging to demonstrate the mudra. Two people's hands changed like two spirits communicating, and I used them on a Taoist robe cut in the ancient method.
This inspired me to use ritual objects as the material of biological fabric, which not only corresponds to the Taoist concept ‘Life and death come and go with the flow’, but also add the clothes with the meaning of communicating with the soul and sending thoughts. The material is environmentally friendly and edible, and the dye is naturally derived from plants. The material can be melted in hot water and then recreated, and the cycle repeats itself.
The concept of life after death, or more specifically conscious awareness after bodily death, is generally referred to in the context of the 'soul'．
Life, at its core, may be a quantum process. When the The physical body dies, quantum information relating to the subject's conscious experience and memory isn't lost or destroyed, but may dissipate to the universe remaining entangled as a unified soul-like entity grounded in Planck scale geometry.
Combining the string model and the projection of the moonlight on the water, I restored the soul to a circular ripple pattern. Then I draw a picture for the fabric after cutting and beading.I use jade beads to simulate the sense of light points of the soul shimmering and the reflection of water waves under the moon.
How do you actually feel the soul? It occurred to me that the soul has something to do with magnetism.A team of researchers at Caltech obtained a new type of Faraday cage for changing the relative orientation of the magnetic field to the brain, and tested that the subject's brain surprisingly showed the typical alpha-ERD pattern, i.e., the human brain can feel the magnetic field and respond to changes in the magnetic field.
So I measure the movement of the soul by detecting brain waves that reflect the magnetic field around them.
I imagine the magnetic field lines as a beautiful distance track that connects us and programming with Touch Designer is aimed to build a multifaceted mesh structure.
The programming is to color the mesh according to the input of the brain waves and then the projection in real time.
I decided to make the headgear into a mask. Because the mask from ancient times is a tool to hide their identity to communicate with the gods.
Based on the vision out of Touch Designer, I choose a model of the magnetic field lines model it with Nomand. Finally, modeling the mask with 3D printing.Use the previous beads to simulate the magnetic field lines. Put the electroencephalographic device into it to cover it. And the mask is finished.
In my opinion, modern society has caused a lack of faith in people, but we can use technology to rebuild the society in a new way.
I always believe that clothing is a good medium. I want to better express social philosophies and nature through fashion design, with the intention to inspire the wearer to think about his identity and behavior, and to work practically with technology to better the relationship between fashion and the environment.
