Dame Barbara Hepworth, Pelagos, 1946 https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hepworth-pelagos-t00699
Olivia Bliss, Containment, date unknown
James Tapscott, Containment 1, 2012
Martin Blank, Lotus I, 2005
Online Informational Source:
This blog post explained the author’s use of meditation while imagining a white room to calm the mind and body.
Lucchetti, Allie. “Getting into the Right Headspace with The White Room Meditation.” Allrootswellness, Allrootswellness, 22 Apr. 2019, www.allrootswellness.com/lifestyle/2019/4/22/getting-into-the-right-headspace-with-the-white-room-meditation.
A brief writing:
One problem I want my sculpture to solve is the issue of overstimulation in the world. With my object, I want it to represent the ideals of white nothingness which meditation represents. When I feel overwhelmed, my mind and body is innately drawn to closets and spaces as such because there is less stimulation. There is complete darkness, and with good headphones, there is limited sound. However, the perfect space would be without any senses: no sight, sound, smell, taste, or touch. It is only dim white. The mind and body would have nothing to process and a meditative state would be easily achievable. The sculpture would be a wooden sphere placed above a wire lotus flower, with the flower stable while the sphere spins, representing the concepts of moving or turning in space without truly changing. To enter and exit, the person can either bend or slip through the wire. I wouldn’t necessarily use any materials in the interior of the object to uphold the concepts of no senses, but I would paint the interior with white acrylic. One idea for the exterior is to use a setting of stones to symbolize the spiritual meaning of rocks, including stability and connectivity to the earth.
