The Embrace

by Hulki Okan Tabak, 2022, 1/1 minted on KnownOrigin Embrace follows the kiss.. Not the same people and no causalities involved. I think the embrace is much deeper affection and love than the kiss in the scope of these two works (Big Kiss vs The Embrace). My initial thinking was to name this piece Love and then The Love and then terminating the my idiocy by naming Embrace and then The Embrace. It never ends.. Love and Hate, Together and Far Away, Inside and Outside.. Paper thin crossings for big differences.. "Tenderness (and Sometimes a Kiss)" is a collection of visual impulses exploring the moody shores of love, identity and loneliness. Like life, each step taken changes the boundary and thus changes the question after a while. Besides my questionable sentience, the collaborator in this journey is the AI in its various manifestations as it helps to build my imagination with references ranging from Hopper to Ernst. This is some deep rabbit hole and as of the starting day, I'm really not sure how deep should I venture. A lot depends on you I fathom..