#544 External Fear

My works are cast in oak panels using standard wall filler.

This work deals with fear of changes to the outside world, such as war, climate change, natural disasters, crime, violence, and disease. These things threaten our way of life and, by extension, make it impossible to maintain who we are. Fear is the dark side of desire. The desire to break out of our alienation and become one with something outside our closed minds is also what we fear the most—to lose ourselves and our subjective position.

It is also part of the diptych #545 Fear of Change. Perhaps it is primarily relevant to the privileged, but even marginalised and oppressed groups sometimes cling to the status quo in fear of losing whatever foothold they have. Furthermore, I believe it is part of the human condition.