Ruj Greigarn

Project: Balancing I have studied the path of how to solving and living with psychological issues.I discovered that one of the useful methods is living in a middle way, ทางสายกลาง, which is roughly translated to balancing. It is the philosophy that I had learned when I was Buddhist monk back in Bangkok, Thailand. I think of it as not too heavy, not too light; not too tall, and not too short; not too beautiful, but still beautiful. It is about simplicity. I decided to put the idea สจธรรม (rough translation: the truth) into a visual language through two methods: photograph and installation. I took these photographs in natural environments, to show how balance exists naturally. In the installation I use simple found objects, including wood, metal, and plastic. I let them lay down and touching on each other without collapsing. If one part is moved the rest will fall. These two ideas of natural and recycled are contrasting but also the same- speaking to the idea of truth and balance. Even though they are different materials, and they could stand together with balancing as same as how to live a life. This is a larger symbol of trying to live a life with psychological problems.