Kun Faya Kun Mixed Media: clear acrylic box, ceramic stoneware, kiln cone, heart shaped natural stone, Jatiwangi broken roof tiles 3 x 50 x 100 cm Jatiwangi Art Factory, 2012
Man plans, Universe decides: "Kun Faya Jun, Thy will be done." Everything happens for a reason and will be a lesson for human being. The wiser the man, everything, good or bad, he/she will face it in serenity, sincerity, endeavor, and optimistic. Such attitude, then will lead man lives in relief and peace of mind. This work made from kiln cone, the firing temperature indicator. The ceramic takes a long process, from raw clay to be formed, glazed, then into the firing process. Ceramic artists work passionately, means they can withstand such long process. The final result is unpredictable, sometimes good, sometimes disappointing, but sometimes surprising. The ‘cone’ symbolize the reality about life. This is an interactive artwork. Visitors are please to write their hopes, dreams, plans in a piece of paper provided. The writings then have to be inserted into the acrylic box hole - available on the right or the left side of the box. Once the texts are inside, they can’t take them again. Let Universe decides their hopes, dreams, and plans.