Some words about his Yin Yang Sculpture by its creator Ben Storch
“Heather contacted me in 2020 about making a sculpture for Qii House. I proposed a few different designs and Heather picked ‘Yin Yang’ for the Temple Garden next to the billabong.
I owe the concept for the Yin Yang sculpture to my friend Ciaran, who came up with the idea
of dividing a domed dish to turn in to a sculpture. The form becomes concave and convex from both sides – shielding and receiving, joined by a helical centre.
I think my obsession with rotating, helical forms comes from a desire to engage with the world fluidly. The interplay of forces in wind and water naturally creates rotations and vortices – nature’s way of balancing and unifying differences – since frontal opposition is a waste of energy.
I like the fact that the Yin Yang aspect is quite subtle, and that people can just see it as a calm form without it having to be anything, and I think it sits happily in its natural environment, not too alien.”
Ben Storch
Thanks so much for taking time to write this Ben….amazing to give share insights, depth and story. It’s brilliant☺
Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like” Lao Tzu
