Dialogue Between the Self and the Vastness
I place myself between the boundless sea and sky, a tiny marker blended into the backdrop. Devoid of facial features and distinct details, only a silent silhouette stands facing the endlessly rolling tides. In the frame, I am no longer a tangible individual.
Eight frames capture seven distinct conversations. There are no climaxes, no twists — merely the endless ocean and a lone, humble figure.
This is not a series about the sea, but about the person standing before it.
Across eight shots with the same silhouette, I portray seven ways of coexisting with the ocean: enveloped by tides, framed by shorelines, embraced by boundless openness. The figure remains quiet, and the sea never speaks. Yet this silence itself forms a complete dialogue. It is not an exchange of words, but a surrender of the self.
I detach myself from my individual identity, turning into a shared symbol. Faceless and expressionless, with no trace of where I come from, I exist only as a standing form. Viewers may project their own confusion, questions and inner unease onto this figure. The sea neither rejects nor replies; it simply is, just like all ultimate truths in life.
This body of work stems from a simple question: Where should I go? The sea offers no verbal answer, yet its very presence gives rise to the question. In this sense, the sea has already responded — to hold everything within itself is the truest reply.
Here lies the warmth of a human soul, and the damp breath of the endless sea.
