as the title suggests, this piece is created anent the impermanence of life. the initial intended message was an abstract portrayal of gradual loss of interest. the gradation indicates the solidity of things at the start of something and how with time, things start to slip and fade away.

the title has dual meaning. wheel is to me, akin to the child-like way of pronouncing real. when it is recognised this way, the artwork becomes ironic in the sense that the ‘emotion’ is chosen by chance yet it is meant to be taken as if it were ’real’. similar to the way i would feign a certain expression emoting something simply for the sake of it. the cardboard is a recycled aqua box, this intended to mimic and mock the way i would ‘recycle’ my emotions.

i created this artwork based on a post i saw which said ‘you cannot kill me in a way that matters’ about mushrooms to convey that ‘decay exists as an extant form of life’. i thought there is loneliness in immortality but at the same time, i find greenery to bring a sense of serenity.