Form

Why do objects around us have the forms and patterns that they do? Why do certainhigh forms and patterns recur so frequently in nature? In What Matter Feels I suggest that there are general principles at work that guide the evolution of forms, and that these depend on the way systems of matter interact with energy as it is absorbed and dissipated. We can think of these forms as a certain kind of geometry. But observing these systems from the outside tells us nothing about what it is like to be them from the inside.

In What Matter Feels I suggest that complex systems express a certain organisation of ‘Experience’, which determines how the system feels as energy flows through it. This Experience also has a certain kind of geometry, but it is not one that can be observed from the outside.

The simple triadic structure of this design is produced by large pools of ink and paint that lie on the surface of the marbling bath, and act upon each other until they reach a stable equilibrium. Creating relatively large forms like this can be difficult as it relies on the ink spreading widely and evenly and turns out to be much easier to achieve in warm weather when the bath and inks have greater thermal energy. This image was made on a particularly hot day, as reflected in the fiery palette.

Original artwork: 2023, Ink and paint on paper, 60 x 60 cm.

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