Tension Experiments: Non-Flower Refrain Series

This series examines what remains after an image is withdrawn. Across Eastern and Western traditions, the flower carries layers of poetic meaning, yet in today’s culture it has become a token of repetition and shallow ornament. “Non-Flower Refrain” removes the concrete form and physiology of the flower, leaving only rhythm and echo. Absence itself becomes the site of tension: color and ink rebuild order where no flower appears, and repetition shifts from decoration to a disturbance of vision. Each work is a rehearsal of what survives once the familiar motif is stripped away—a place where tension is reborn.