Lena Kardash
Conception Go
Our life is a game of Go. On the playing field (Goban) our destinies meet and intertwine and there is a struggle for living space. The philosophy of the game goes back to the ancient Taoist principle: "achieving great things with little effort." The main principle of Go is a win-win strategy and the rejection of the idea of ​​​​a total victory in favor of a strategic partnership. One of the names of the game is "shudan" - "talk with stones." So in our life, movement forward is carried out through conversation, through connections with other people, through tying knots of relationships. And therefore, the expanding space of our connections increases our capabilities and ultimately, having tied the rhizome of our life, allows us to achieve our goals. At the moment of making a decision on the choice of the further path, we pass through the zone of liminality - uncertainty, fear and lack of confidence in the correctness of the choice. Sometimes our actions lead us to a dead end, to unsolvable problems that have to be cut like a Gordian knot. Preserving freedom of choice, we preserve our Dame (breath), that is, the opportunity for our development and movement forward. The playing field is huge, but not infinite, just like our life, and ultimately, the pattern of our life depends on the steps we take.











«Go Game :DAME» 60 - 60 cm, oil, acryl on canvas, 2024
Lena Kardash




«Go Game :GOBAN» 60 - 60 cm, oil, acryl on canvas, 2024
Lena Kardash


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