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Imagine a lighthouse, beaming with its light through the night. Its light rotating endlessly, determined to find something. Attached to the structure a reaching hand, trying to touch that what is missing. The lighthouse reaches for something that isn’t there, but it keeps looking around. It is constantly searching and yearning for what it misses. Whether it looks for connection or purpose, this “Longing Beacon” captures that quiet desire to reach for something that does not seem to be there.
Longing-beacon-loop.mp4Longing is related to desire, but refers to one that cannot be met. The constant looking around of the tower shows a persistence. A persistence that we as humans will keep looking for something that we miss, even when we know it will stay out of reach. It shows the quiet persistence of human desire, like an unrequited love.
My inspiration for this work lies in the human quest for meaning (or more specific existentialism). Something people can look for their whole life without finding their answer. This longing beacon resembles that never-ending, but persistent search for something that can/will always remain out of reach. But despite this, we keep looking for it.
Through this work, we can see the nature of longing as something that cannot be found. But even when what we long cannot be found, we continue to search for it. Something that, I think, makes us truly human.
References:
Brighton and Hove Psychotherapy. (2024, February 5). What is the difference between loving and longing? Brighton and Hove Psychotherapy. https://www.brightonandhovepsychotherapy.com/blog/what-is-the-difference-between-loving-and-longing/
Van den Beukel, A. (1994). Met andere ogen: Over wetenschap en het zoeken naar zin. Ten Have.
Hawking, S. (2018). De antwoorden op de grote vragen. SPECTRUM.
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