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The “usefulness of uselessness” discussion in this creation uses the “semi-furniture” craft creation of wood joinery to explore the significance and value of usefulness and uselessness. Agitated at a young age, the author yearned to become a useful person and carve out a niche of her own, rather than became a loser lagging behind others. In reality, she remained in her comfort zone. Seeing friends entering an unfamiliar environment one by one, they told me the darkness of the outside world and their inner helplessness. It was then I realized the issues and phenomena our generation was facing. With the advent of the “generation of weariness”, I found out that the concept of “Where there is a will, there is a way” my parents had always taught me could not work. In the times of economic downturn, working overtime around the clock does not come with the pay deserved. All the feelings of helplessness and powerlessness resulted in my world-weary mentality.
The author discovered that by applying the philosophy of Zhuangzhi’s “the usefulness of uselessness” to today’s generation of weariness, it helps the generation of weariness to find ways to solve their inner problems. In addition, through the “usefulness of uselessness” logic, a series of work creation were created. The author hopes to overturn people’s ideological value of usefulness and uselessness through the creation. At the same time, through the work creation, the generation of weariness are encouraged to find the value of self-existence.
In this creation discussion, the author adopted the wood joinery craft techniques to create “semi-furniture” between usefulness and uselessness. An attempt was made to interpret the value of “the usefulness of uselessness”. The philosophical thinking of the “usefulness of uselessness” was converted into physical objects. Through the analysis of the process of creation discussion, four series were completed, with 22 work creations in total. Moreover, through the promotion of work creation exhibition, the message that the author hoped to convey was delivered, which attempts to resolve the opposition of generation in today’s society, and to build communication bridges. |