The Scholar: Tiger Chen
The Project: The Art of Order
The Essential Question:聽Mr. Chen created a light sculpture by draping metal chain from a fluorescent fixture, and displayed it along with a series of five paintings that celebrate vertical and horizontal lines.
Notable Quote:聽鈥淭he process of creating is the part I love the best, the process of collecting elements, thinking, and hunting. I never know what I am going to find in my mind palace; the only thing I can do is go in and start looking, and keep looking until I find something that I feel satisfied about. And then I go to the real world and create the object by my own hands.鈥
Biggest Challenge:聽鈥淐oming up with the ideas. I spent a long time figuring out what I鈥檓 going to do, what I鈥檓 going to like. The original idea for this project was a birthday cake. It changed a lot. The elements changed and everything changed. Finding the idea and finding what I鈥檓 going to use is the hardest part.鈥
Surprising Discovery:聽鈥淒o not stop thinking. Do not stop searching. Sometimes I would feel like, Okay this is my project, I will just go and do it. But over time I may feel, this is not really what I want. Maybe I won鈥檛 like it. So I keep thinking, keep searching for what I really like.鈥澛
Tip for Future Scholars:聽鈥淒on鈥檛 limit yourself. Open your mind. Go searching.鈥
