emptiness 1/5 (feeling blue)
additional photos — the interchangeable sphere
emptiness 1/5 (feeling blue) holds the space right after a loss — cold, numb, distant, before any other feeling has room to enter.
the blue sphere at its center isn't sadness in the dramatic sense — it's the quiet, flat absence that comes first. before grief finds words, before anger, before acceptance, there is only this: a held breath, a color without warmth. this is where the emptiness cycle begins, not with the hardest feeling, but with the one that has no feeling left at all.
work details
- year: 2021
- size: 40 × 40 × 7 cm
- medium: 3d-printed sculpture, acrylic
- edition: 5
- catalog no.: im-d.3
- certificate: certificate of authenticity by the artist / gallery
part of the series
our silent source — the quiet place growth begins, before it has a name.
about this work
the sculpture's central sphere is interchangeable — white, blue, red, or left empty — letting the same form carry different emotional states across the cycle. in this piece, the sphere sits in cold blue: the visual language of numbness, the first, wordless stage before emptiness moves toward searching, breath, hope, and eventually connection again.
emptiness is a cycle of five works, each holding a different stage of the same passage through loss:
- 1/5 — feeling blue (this work): the cold, numb opening.
- 2/5 — seek & find: the first tentative searching.
- 3/5 — deep breath: the pause before moving on.
- 4/5 — hope: the first fragile opening toward the future.
- 5/5 — overcame: the return to connection.
frequently asked questions
what does the blue sphere in "feeling blue" represent?
the blue sphere stands for the cold, numb state that comes right after a loss — before grief has found its words, before any other feeling has room to enter.
is the sphere really interchangeable?
yes — the central sphere can be swapped between white, blue, red, or left out entirely, letting the same sculptural form carry different emotional states across the cycle.
is emptiness (feeling blue) part of a larger cycle?
yes — emptiness (feeling blue) is 1 of 5 works in the emptiness cycle, which moves from numbness through seeking, breath, and hope, to a final sense of overcoming.
where can i see the rest of the emptiness cycle?
the other four works — seek & find, deep breath, hope, and overcame — are each their own sculpture page, and all belong to the our silent source series.