Grief & Oblers paradox

After my project focusing on grief & emptiness I started to look at grief and Oblers paradox. This paradox explores the possibility of an infinite universe using this to explore that my brother may be alive in different universes either the same, slightly or entirety different. As my year of creative healing has progressed, so has my mindset, strengthening my positive outlook on life and my growth on grief. During my emptiness & grief project, I was more emotional and utilised this in my practice, making art during a breakdown. In this project, I've been more grounded, optimistic, and happy overall; my art practice this year has healed me. I’ve come to understand and refine my practice/strengths, find my style, and discover what I work best with during HND. My final which was displayed at the End of Year Show was multiple plaster pillars, each representing a different universe/my brother however all together as one, as even if they are all different it is still him at the end of the day. A weakness of my sculptural final is the breakage of some pillars; however, instead of dwelling on how my final wouldn't be arranged how I planned instead, following what the universe was suggesting and that a different route was needed, resulting in multiple pillars different shapes and sizes all displayed together, all different universes featuring my brother. This process has reminded me to go with the flow; things happen in life, and we must keep moving forward and embrace change and positivity. This whole year of creative making has helped heal a part of my grief while also making art in honour of my brother—a poetic, positive way to end a very successful year of making.