Emptiness in Form: Me? Diagram I
Long Yinghan (2012)

101.6 x 71.1 cm
Charcoal and ink on paper

A charcoal drawing inspired by the Buddhist teaching of emptiness, or the lack of inherent existence, through the re-interpretation of the traditional Chinese acupuncture points diagram.

According to the Chinese meridian system, the ear is an important part of the body which has points that link it to the rest of the body. In the same way, by renaming these points with seemingly random names, I seek to propose how ideas, people and 'unrelated' entities interweaves to make up a so called 'self', which seems ultimately 'empty' in essence when broken down into parts.