This work is centered on the theme of "the gaze." It depicts a wild cat that appeared by chance in the countryside.
We never define a cat as good or bad. But when you gaze at a cat, it gazes back at you. In that moment, do you also lose the ability to define yourself as good or bad? This is the relational effect between the viewer and the cat within the canvas. That is why I titled this piece ”But See Human Nature.”
If one asks where the boundary of human nature lies — it is like searching for the boundary of nature itself. Nature has no boundaries. Likewise, the goodness and ugliness of human nature have no boundaries.
To test boundaries is a dangerous act. That is why surrealism often softens them. Beneath the cat's feet, there are both wooden stakes and water. The perspective disrupted by the water surface creates a soft space-time where good and bad are difficult to define.
What will truly wake you, however, is the bullseye reflected in a mirror — as dazzling as the sun, a symbol of human ambition.
