In this series, the blue flower unfolds as a metaphysical map of presence, a sacred field of being oneself. Drawing from the philosophical depth of German Romanticism, particularly the legacy of Novalis, Goethe, and Schiller, the project explores mindfulness, inner freedom, and the fragile wholeness of existence.
The blue flower (Novalis’ blaue Blume) is reimagined here as a symbol of inner blossoming, a delicate yet enduring emblem of spiritual search. Visually, the works echo the suspended floral installations of Rebecca Louise Law, transforming her gesture into a meditation on gravity, impermanence, and transcendence. Floating blue flowers inhabit the pictorial space as moments of stillness, inviting a slow art experience in a contemplative encounter with time and presence.
An additional layer of meaning arises through the motif of the Bhutanese blue poppy, a rare high-altitude flower that becomes an emblem of fragility and unattainable perfection — an Eastern counterpart to the Romantic blue flower, a symbol of the lost paradise within. Ranging from ultramarine and indigo to cobalt and azure, blue appears as the rarest and most sacred color, once derived from precious minerals and associated with the divine and the distant.
Through transparency, partial dissolution, and rhythmic suspension, the paintings transcend mere decorativeness — turning into meditative reflections on being, transformation, and timeless awareness. This is a poetic space where Romantic philosophy meets the metaphysics of stillness — Still Blue, a state of quiet intensity and infinite presence.