Perseverance
While digging through my trash archives, I found this video from three years ago. Instead of exploring things with Grasshopper, I jumped into a bit of naive digital art. The Fibonacci Sphere algorithm was very popular in those days. I used the SubD components, which were new at the time. It was around the same period as the one right over there. I tried to make something scary again, but to be honest, there is also quite a depressive mood here. That period was really difficult for me. I tried to express it in the environment I knew best. Everyone can go through times like these, right?
It was like trying to draw breath inside a cage, struggling not to drown. You must keep your head held high, keep breathing, and so your eyes must be cast upward. No matter what, you must never look down, never look back. For we tend to drift toward where we gaze. And should you begin to fall, you already know too well there is no bottom. As a dear friend once put it, one had to endure. Not merely wait with patience, but fiercely persevere.
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