Every time artists create a piece, it represents a part of themselves. We’re forced to deal with the question from viewers, “What does your work mean?” When asking ourselves that question, we discover what we want to project to the world through our pieces. Psychology and creativity are deeply intertwined with one another, and that’s the core on how I created Foresight. It’s a self-observational piece that turned into a short 3D-animated film telling the story of an eyeball on its journey through various surrealist landscapes.

The viewer watches our protagonist, the green eye, on a journey of birth, childhood, and eventual adulthood. Although uncomfortable to watch, it is a journey that defines the core of who we are as people in part because of how we react to discovery and struggle. The viewer is left to wonder if the green eye will be able to project its warnings to our new character, the violet eye, and help it avoid the same fate.

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In my piece, the viewer will quickly discover the variety of eyes, normal and disembodied, throughout the short. To me, these eyes are characters that become important to the viewer because they all represent parts of ourselves. Like the green eye, we will always be asking, “How can we discover the world around us? What are we trying to look for? What exactly are we trying to do with our lives?” Meanwhile the distorted eyes offer the opposite, yet equally important, perspective: “What could I have done differently? How can I utilize my knowledge? How can I teach others to take a better path?”

To me, the eyes are embodiments of phases we encounter throughout our lives. Regardless of whether those times are joyous or full of hardship, they’re all equally important. Although my medium requires computers and software, it’s still crucial for me to add those humanitarian questions within my pieces. The core of Foresight, and my identity as an artist, is to bring attention to questions that challenge our function and beliefs as individual human beings