Universal balance.

Through globalization, external influences increasingly affect our ways of seeing, therefore raising the relevancy of the search and understanding of one’s self identity. Figuratively, as the external world becomes smaller and in this state of flux, is there a need to expand the inner world by maint...

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Main Author: Wang, Roy Han Yi.
Other Authors: Wang I-Hsuan Cindy
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48765
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Through globalization, external influences increasingly affect our ways of seeing, therefore raising the relevancy of the search and understanding of one’s self identity. Figuratively, as the external world becomes smaller and in this state of flux, is there a need to expand the inner world by maintaining a stronger individualism in both society and self to achieve balance? Influenced by my Chinese heritage, this work questions and explores the place and possibilities of infusing Daoist aesthetic values of naturalism and law, contributing towards a Chinese ideal of Universal Balance(tian xia), in tandem yet building upon modern aesthetic viewpoints.