A Good Idea

78.5 x 78.5 inches, colored pencil and graphite on paper

This work acts as a linguistic Ouroboros - - a continuous loop of past, present, and future. Using a 'word-chain' technique, I sourced original texts ranging from 1951 disasters to modern speeches and future forecasts. The drawing forms a narrative chain where time is bridged by syntax.

The narrative follows a specific algorithm: the last word of a past event serves as the first word of a current event, and the last word of the present begins a prediction for the future, which then leads to the next historical event. and so on By linking disparate eras through shared vocabulary, the work creates a continuous cycle in which time collapses. It posits that our attempts to see the future are futile without scrutinizing the past, revealing them as distinct states in a single, recurring phase change of human experience.