Our WHY questions:
Why do we need to dig a tunnel
Because I want to
Why do you want to dig a tunnel
Because I’m bored
Why are you bored
Because I’ve got nothing to do
Why do you have nothing to do
Because I have no friends
Why do you have no friends
Because I spent all of my time building this machine
Why do you build this machine
Because I want to dig a tunnel
Why do you want to dig a tunnel
Because I’m bored
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From this set of Why questions, I immediately thought of a Chinese science fiction novel called Three Body. In the series, there were quotes such as “If I destroy you, what business is that of yours?” “For a civilization in the universe, it does not and cannot have any friends.” These why questions reminded me of these quotes. For a higher civilization, destroying a lower civilization is as easy as a flick of its hand. Then I related to the destroyed lower civilization through their struggles and came up with the idea of drawing paintings of the same scenario but only from opposite perspectives. One is on the higher level of civilization, where destroying other civilizations is simple and celebrated; the other is on the destroyed civilization, where they fought for freedom and salvation but still failed.
