People could feel the “beauty” through all kinds of objects, like paintings, songs, colors, shapes, etc. Zixi prefer to call out special feelings to those unique objects the “preference” people made. Some people may think that those preferences have diversified external reasons behind them. Instead, she feels that instinct and Id are the actual influential factors. In other words, people are born with their preferences for objects. The process of feeling beauty is also a process of finding our real selves. The beauty, in this way, is a method and a tool.
Zixi try to correlate “instinct” and “beauty” with some scenes to enrich the concept. The first scene that came to her mind was the family time she spents with her mom and cat. Family is the place where people’s body and mind grow. Therefore, the view of the design is from a window looking out. Moreover, beauty is a method to find people for themselves. She uses a ladder to represent the path of exploring, which is inspired by Chinese artist Can Guo-Qiang’s most well-known firework which was displayed in his hometown, “Sky Ladder”. The idea of this artwork came from the artist's tribute to his deceased mother, and the ladder is also the path heading to heaven, which is consistent with my thoughts. The image in the middle is the B-scan ultrasound of the fetal heartbeat in the mother's body. In this way, the sensation of beauty connects with home, mother, and instinct well in her image. Besides those conceptual elements, Zixi also add some basic circle and line patterns, which are unlimited and circular, in her design. Those shapes are both ornaments and another expression of my idea: people always feel the beauty of similar objects and logic. It is important to follow what body tells you and how it feels.