Verse 33

Part of the Encoded series, this work translates the passage below first into code, then into color, allowing the richness of the text to remain ever-present for those who seek it.

Wool, clay, metal leaf, Morse code

26"H x 63"W x 1"D

2025

 

One who knows others is intelligent
One who knows himself is enlightened

One who conquers others is strong
One who conquers himself is all-powerful

One who approaches life with force
surely gets something
One who remains content where he is
surely gets everything

One who gives himself to his position
surely lives long
One who give himself to Tao
surely lives forever

Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

 

About the Encoded Series

This series of stitched felted wool works combines man-made codes with organic materials and formations to explore how human, cultural, and natural wisdoms can hide in plain sight. The pieces transform texts gleaned from diverse sources and eras into symbols, translating them first into code, then into color before giving them final form.

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