The Blessing Of Rajneesh

 For Hyon Gak Sunim

Similar Triangles Poem done in January of 2021

What Is Wet?

 A meditation in similar triangles form

Summer of 2020

Pandemic Meditation Spring of 2020

 This piece is a similar triangles poem that was inspired by the stress experienced during the pandemic of 2020. In January of 2022, The Journal for Humanistic Mathematics will be publishing a paper that analyzes this piece using the language of cognitive linguistics. For the Rule 42 show I am including a link to the submission here: A Cognitive View Of Pandemic Meditation

 

The Caveat of Capitalism

This piece was done in the spring of 2020 and inspired by the politics of the day. It uses the similar triangles form.
In addition I spoke in detail about this piece published in Karie Ross's book, Artists, Art and Story. Purchase it here: clickhere

 

Shoebox Projects Call and Responce - Spring of 2020

 This work was a collaboration between myself and Coleman Griffith sponsored by Shoeboxprojects of Los Angeles California. The method we used was that Coleman provided me a photo and I manipulated it and provided a mathematical poem to accompany the new image.  I used the similar triangles form for all of the math poems.

The Heart Sutra in Similar Triangles

 This version executed in the spring of 2020

Disengendered

The mathematical visual poem titled Disengendered is a pencil drawing created around January 2020. While on a trip to Oklahoma—a state known for its conservative views—I was inspired to make this piece during a discussion with a friend from Oklahoma. She shared with me the experience of one of her close friends, whom I will refer to as “TJ” for clarity.

TJ was struggling with a gender transition. TJ had been born with both sets of genitalia, but as an infant, TJ’s mother cut off the male genitalia, forcing TJ to grow up as a girl. By the time TJ reached the age of thirty, he began to feel convinced that his mother had made a mistake and that he was, in fact, a man. Yet, TJ also carried the lived experience of growing up as a girl and retained female genitalia.

From a distance, TJ appears to be a normal and well-adjusted person. However, the closer one gets, the more complex and confusing his gender struggle becomes. This would not ordinarily be a problem, except that one cannot help but feel empathy for the profound pain and conflict TJ is experiencing.

I sought to capture this paradox visually in my drawing. From afar, the image appears clear—even to the point that you can recognize that TJ is wearing glasses. Yet, upon closer inspection, the drawing becomes confusing, almost to the point where it is difficult to discern whether it depicts a person at all. In this way, I attempted to express my compassion for TJ’s transition struggle, while also pointing toward metamorphic hope through visual and mathematical metaphors.

The mathematical poetic form I used is a “Similar Triangles Poem.” For those interested in understanding the mechanics of this form, I have provided a link below with an in-depth analysis. Translated from mathematics into a lexical expression, the poem can be read in two ways:

• The Lost Soul is to a Cosmic Nursery as Being on an Ocean Raft is to Times Square (NYC).

• Or, alternatively: The Lost Soul is to Being on an Ocean Raft as the Cosmic Nursery is to Times Square.

 

Poem for Niels Bohr

 I have been really behind on my blog and am trying to catch up. This piece is a similar triangles poem done in December of 2019