Fortune Cookie Fables Jasmine Wang

Artist’s It is a commonly held belief that fortune cookies are only superstition – that the mass-produced messages hidden in each floury fold are as meaningful as they are nutritious. Perhaps this is true, but in even reading those laconic statements a fleeting hope appears that maybe this time supernatural forces will win over reason. These images are the suggestion that to believe in the fate behind the fortune can be more than just a fool’s act: whether it be psychology or predestination, that which is in those fortune cookies are often easily found to be true. (Fable: v. to recount as if true)

It is a commonly held belief that fortune cookies are only superstition – that the mass-produced messages hidden in each floury fold are as meaningful as they are nutritious. Perhaps this is true, but in even reading those laconic statements a fleeting hope appears that maybe this time supernatural forces will win over reason.

These images are the suggestion that to believe in the fate behind the fortune can be more than just a fool’s act: whether it be psychology or predestination, that which is in those fortune cookies are often easily found to be true.

(Fable: v. to recount as if true)

Abstract

Strength

Secret Admirer

Springtime

Wealth

Seasons

The Crow’s Nest

Dizzy

Biography The one constant thing in my childhood was the sunlight. I was born in the sunshine state, moved the bright town of Sunnyvale, and finally found myself amidst the most enlightened and easygoing people I know. My life has thus been fueled by the light of our sun. I am an explorer. When I create my work I am not afraid of rolling around in the mud if that is what it takes to achieve the image I desire. One of my major inspirations is nature; I find myself drifting toward trees and plants until I catch myself. I began to create art because it made me happy; I continue because it makes a positive affect on viewers. I find the universal aspects of my work are color, solidity, and dominance; these help me to express my self and make a bolder statement to both the viewer and myself. I like photography for its brutal honesty: it shows how things really are. There is only a certain extent to which I can alter the image when and after I take it; it is in essence the truth.

The one constant thing in my childhood was the sunlight. I was born in the sunshine state, moved the bright town of Sunnyvale, and finally found myself amidst the most enlightened and easygoing people I know. My life has thus been fueled by the light of our sun.

I am an explorer. When I create my work I am not afraid of rolling around in the mud if that is what it takes to achieve the image I desire. One of my major inspirations is nature; I find myself drifting toward trees and plants until I catch myself.

I began to create art because it made me happy; I continue because it makes a positive affect on viewers. I find the universal aspects of my work are color, solidity, and dominance; these help me to express my self and make a bolder statement to both the viewer and myself. I like photography for its brutal honesty: it shows how things really are. There is only a certain extent to which I can alter the image when and after I take it; it is in essence the truth.