Somewhere in Heaven

by Xi Liu

In the Tao Te Ching, it is said that nothing lasts forever—everything flows in cycles of birth, growth, and decay. Xi Liu’s work searches for eternal rhythms through quiet observation, intuitive making, and spiritual reflection. Influenced by Taoist and Buddhist thought, Christian symbolism, and Jungian psychology, she explores impermanence, inner transformation, and our place in a larger order. Her practice follows two paths: building self-sustaining ecosystems with biodegradable materials like dissolvable paper, oranges, and handmade pigments; and returning to traditional media—oil, watercolor, and Chinese scroll painting—to reflect on permanence and change. Her aquarium project, inspired by life’s beginnings, became a meditation on care, humility, and trust. The circle, a recurring form, becomes a quiet gesture of grounding the fleeting in form. For Xi, art is not a means of control, but a space of listening—an offering between the inner world and the unknown.