{"id":641,"date":"2026-01-12T16:40:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ellipsis.pink\/phl\/?page_id=641"},"modified":"2026-01-13T15:20:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:20:42","slug":"yin-yang","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ellipsis.pink\/phl\/?page_id=641","title":{"rendered":"yin &amp; yang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-advanced-heading  root-eb-advance-heading-qto28\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-advance-heading-qto28 \"><div class=\"eb-advance-heading-wrapper eb-advance-heading-qto28 button-1 waviy\" data-id=\"eb-advance-heading-qto28\"><h2 class=\"eb-ah-title\"><span class=\"first-title\">yin &amp; yang | chess set | 2024<\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;autoclose&quot;: false, &quot;accordionItems&quot;: [] }\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/accordion\" role=\"group\" class=\"wp-block-accordion is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-1&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading has-accent-4-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-6101bd5f9ea9f83add3229a70c073a50\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-1-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleKeyDown\" id=\"accordion-item-1\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\">This ceramic chess set uses the logic of the game as a model for social relations, power,\u00a0 belonging and transcendence. The pawns\u2014each unique pieces and individually inscribed\u2014speak in the plural voice of community: <em>we hope, we love, we laugh<\/em>, holding Ubuntu as a field of shared desire, vulnerability, and support.<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div inert aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-1\" data-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isOpen\" id=\"accordion-item-1-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-accent-4-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-f093f8fd1ebdca5bbb873460af28313b\">As the pieces rise in rank, the language shifts to the singular: <em>I control, I protect, I rule<\/em>\u2014marking how authority concentrates and how ego enters the structure of power. At the apex, the queen and king move into a more ritual register: the queen as a plant-like form associated with creation, and the king as a hollow, open tower transcends power. 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