This work draws inspiration from the Daoist myth of the Kunpeng—a giant fish that transforms into a bird and soars across the sky. Referencing Zhuangzi, the Kunpeng becomes a symbol of identity transmutation, liberation, and spiritual transcendence. Rooted in both Buddhist and Daoist philosophy, the piece reflects on impermanence, formlessness, and the quiet dissolution of self.

Using traditional lampworking glass techniques, I incorporate ephemeral materials such as wax, stone, gemstones, and metal to evoke both fragility and resilience. Bubbles, cracks, and asymmetries are embraced as temporal traces—honoring imperfection and the natural unfolding of form.

Through abstraction and fragmentation, the work reinterprets the aesthetics of mythological symbolism and Chinese landscape painting in a contemporary context. The Kunpeng, suspended between realms, embodies the “liquid self”—unbound by fixed identity, dwelling in transformation, and echoing the vastness of emptiness.