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The head from which the whole puzzle seems to have emerged. It looks like the whole structure is resting on it. Right next to it a dog or a cat with a long tail that turns around. To the right of the head there is a one-eyed figure with its arms spread out. The jacket is printed with crosses, which both symbolize the end and can be interpreted as a series of plus signs. It runs into a kind of jungle, thus completing the circle of the puzzle that began with a plant. Above it a kind of eye is hovering that can stand for both surveillance and enlightenment.


Puzzle9 // Origin and Destination

An endlessly interwoven structure reminiscent of a spider's web. There is a head wearing a hat caught in the middle. On the left side you can see a long leg stretched out of the structure on which a small figure is standing. It is facing another figure that looks as if it is being held by paper clips.

TS Moreau

Puzzle8 // The Web

A bass player with huge ears whose face is frozen into a grimace. His right ear goes over into the head of a woman standing next to the bass player. It looks like she's wearing a mask that reminds me of "Pussy Riot". She is also holding up a kind of flag, sewn together from many small pieces.

zaphodok.eth

Puzzle7 // The Double Bass Player

The wreck of a double-decker bus, surrounded by vines. On the lower half it is sprayed with graffiti and meanwhile even a creek has made its way through the discarded vehicle. Underneath it is an old neon sign in the shape of a heart that has fallen apart. Next to it many old colorful light bulbs.

Puzzle6 // The Bus of Bygone Love

A figure looking down. Its body is shaped like a shield and you can see the skeleton. Next to it another figure with a small face and a semi-transparent body. Underneath a glowing halo of rays, which could also be a pupil or a wheel. On the right side a kind of predatory fish with a large glowing eye.

Puzzle5 // Skeleton, Eyes and a Fish

A dancer in a beautiful dress with a bird in front of her, pecking at her bosom and grabbing at her neck. On the right side a mandolin, from which a deer jumps. In between a small fish.

Puzzle4 // The Dancer

A knight with a cat on his arm. He carries a shield with some kind of frog monster on it. On the left side some sort of blood orange slices turn into a crossed house puzzle.


Puzzle3 // The Knight of the Frog

Two women are facing each other, but are unable to reach the other one because a third person is standing in between. In the background you see a complex structure and a few rays of sunlight. One of the women is supported by a male person, from whose direction a kind of water-skiing lizard comes, pulled by a speedboat visible below.

UrBen

Puzzle2 // Who is Who?

A head in a transparent box from which a plant with beautiful flowers grows. Next to it a foot that breaks out of the rigid structure. Where does it go?

Puzzle1 // Growing up

The original background color, that has the ability to change hue and thereby influence the mood of the composition.

Background Color

Life is a big puzzle game made up of many different events and experiences, some of which are interrelated and overlap. The more experiences we gather, the more complex and colorful the overall picture becomes.  
 
But over time, the perception, emotional coloring and evaluation of different events and memories changes. Some things we may remember only vaguely after a while. 
 
Thus, the inner thought puzzle of each individual constantly reflects life and yet is greater than the sum of its parts. 
 
The work has been created as part of a conversation with my younger self and the search for my signature style, that I started in July 2020. 
 
It is based on a ballpen drawing from about 1990, that I digitally recreated by accurately following the lines using a graphics drawing tablet. Next I filled the shapes with digital colors before I finally decided to split the work into several puzzle-pieces, that can be independently change hue or alternatively display the outlines to turn it into an interactive AsyncArt work.   

Mind Puzzle

Layers for "Mind Puzzle"