The Story of PERPETUAL BLOOM For a year and a half, I’ve been trying to create something special. Not just something special to me, but a work with a new and distinctive style. I wasn’t looking to create something unique just for the sake of being different. I wanted to create something that hadn’t been done before, something with a purpose, a story, a deeper meaning, and a reflection of what I believe art was meant to be. After many attempts, I finally arrived at PERPETUAL BLOOM. The Concept and Style The first thing that sets this work apart is its style. Anyone familiar with art knows that geometric abstraction relies on sharp, rigid geometric shapes. To me, these shapes represent the harshness of life and the difficult reality I face, as well as the struggles anyone can experience when life becomes hard. But what happens when nature tries to grow inside this rigid world? In PERPETUAL BLOOM, we represent the organic forms of nature as they try to grow despite the harshness surrounding them, the lack of opportunities, and the difficulties along the way. It is a nature that never stops trying, even when circumstances seem designed to prevent it from growing. By combining the organic forms of nature with geometric abstraction, I sought to create an artistic style that brings together two contrasting worlds: a world of rigid geometric shapes that symbolize harshness and limitations, and a world of organic forms that symbolize life, growth, and continuity. This contrast is the essence of PERPETUAL BLOOM and the foundation on which I built its artistic identity. I want this art to express the idea that growth does not always depend on having the right conditions. Sometimes, growth itself can be an act of resistance and a determination to live. What Makes This Art Different? What makes this experience meaningful to me is not only the style, but also the journey that led me to it. I am a refugee. I have never visited an art museum, seen a painting hanging on a wall in a home, or attended a drawing class. I did not grow up in an artistic environment, nor did I study art through traditional methods. What drove me to create art was my need to express something I carry inside me, and my belief that art can offer a person another path in life. For me, art preserves my dignity and keeps me from having to beg. It is my hope of entering a world filled with colors, a world that is not limited to the white color we have grown accustomed to wrapping around the bodies of those we have lost in war. I lost my father, my mother, my three brothers, my son, my grandfather, and my home in the war. These losses left a deep emptiness inside me, until I felt like a body without a soul. Today, I am trying to recover a part of my soul through art. I do not create art because my life has been easy, but because I am searching for something that helps me keep going. I want to transform some of the pain I carry into colors and shapes, and give meaning to what I have lost, something that can endure. For me, art is not merely a way to express myself in the present. It is something that can remain even after the artist is gone. A person may leave this world, but what they leave behind can continue to speak for them and reach people they never met. I want art to be my way out of a world associated in my memory with loss and pain, and my way into a world where things can begin to grow again, despite everything that has happened. Why Does Art Need a Story and Meaning? I have often heard different opinions about art. Some people say art has become pointless. Others believe it no longer carries meaning or tells a story. Some describe certain works as unattractive or difficult to understand. For me, the issue is not whether everyone likes the same artwork. Art is naturally experienced differently by different people. But I believe an artwork can be more than just an image someone sees and then moves on from.