Mao Hayashi

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The duality I choose to explore is: Dischord/Harmony

I picked this duality because I wanted to take the two words and make it mean something more. When most people think of the comparisons of dischord and harmony, they think of the strongest image, which is of war and peace. I created two symbols that I felt represented dischord and harmony in a most basic way. Dischord is an image of anger and hatred. Harmony is a symbol of friendship and cooperation.
I chose to show dischord as a fiery ball of red fueled by the thoughts of anger and hatred of many people. Each thought is a strand, or spirit, though its only distinct features are a head, nose, arms and hands. The symbol of harmony is also made up of these beings and they show the effort and cooperation needed by many people to form a peaceful, harmonic relationship.