ARTIST’S NOTE | 16
The Trajectory of Being: Beyond Causality
2013-2025
1.
Is causality merely a simple passage from cause to effect? Or is it something far more primordial—a structure of being itself? For a long time, I regarded it solely as a principle that upholds the order of the world: the belief that every event has a reason, and every outcome is the inevitable product of that reason. Within that firm and reassuring law, I interpreted the world. But at some point, that order no longer explained me. The reasons were clear, yet my mind did not follow. The outcomes were certain, yet something in the world felt misaligned. Within that rupture, I came to realize something crucial. This chain of necessity is not merely a framework for maintaining order; it may be the very way in which existence constitutes itself.
Is causality merely a simple passage from cause to effect? Or is it something far more primordial—a structure of being itself? For a long time, I regarded it solely as a principle that upholds the order of the world: the belief that every event has a reason, and every outcome is the inevitable product of that reason. Within that firm and reassuring law, I interpreted the world. But at some point, that order no longer explained me. The reasons were clear, yet my mind did not follow. The outcomes were certain, yet something in the world felt misaligned. Within that rupture, I came to realize something crucial. This chain of necessity is not merely a framework for maintaining order; it may be the very way in which existence constitutes itself.
2.
Looking back, we only ever recognize ourselves within outcomes. An event already passed, an emotion already faded, traces already left behind. Only then do we ask “why?”—tracing reasons backward to grasp how we have been moving within the world.
Looking back, we only ever recognize ourselves within outcomes. An event already passed, an emotion already faded, traces already left behind. Only then do we ask “why?”—tracing reasons backward to grasp how we have been moving within the world.
In that moment, consciousness is not a passive apparatus that accepts results. It gathers what has already happened into a new order, and within that order, generates new causes. A cause is never simply given from the beginning; it is born through the reconstruction of consciousness. I no longer see this principle as a mere cognitive framework. It is a force that establishes order and, at the same time, continuously unsettles it. The question “why” is the minimal unit of self-recognition, and the repeated act of questioning is the very operation of thought. But thought is never complete. Because we can never grasp every cause, this system remains perpetually unfinished. And paradoxically, it is that very incompleteness that keeps thought from ever coming to rest.
3.
I have also come to see that this movement is far from linear. A cause leads to an effect, which in turn becomes a new seed, and the world vibrates within this loop of feedback. It is less a dry logical schema than a continuity of relations— a living structure in which meanings and forms reflect and regenerate one another without end. Within this flow, I sensed something undeniable: the world does not move according to my understanding of it. I am not merely an interpreter of the world; I am a being continually regenerated within it. From this vantage point, the rigid divide between cause and effect dissolves. Each thing becomes both a beginning and an end for another. Causality, in this interdependent totality, is no longer a fixed law— it becomes the fundamental mode through which existence sustains and transforms itself.
3.
I have also come to see that this movement is far from linear. A cause leads to an effect, which in turn becomes a new seed, and the world vibrates within this loop of feedback. It is less a dry logical schema than a continuity of relations— a living structure in which meanings and forms reflect and regenerate one another without end. Within this flow, I sensed something undeniable: the world does not move according to my understanding of it. I am not merely an interpreter of the world; I am a being continually regenerated within it. From this vantage point, the rigid divide between cause and effect dissolves. Each thing becomes both a beginning and an end for another. Causality, in this interdependent totality, is no longer a fixed law— it becomes the fundamental mode through which existence sustains and transforms itself.
4.
This is the structure I live within. Instead of forcing new causes into being, I attempt re-causation— creating meaning from the outcomes already given. One thought becomes the condition for another; the residue of one emotion becomes the origin of the next movement. The cycle never closes. Life is not a mere imitation of causality. It is the very process by which existence makes itself its own cause, flowing without end.
So I now ask myself: Where does a cause begin? At what moment did existence become a result? At the boundary of those questions, everything returns to the origin. I stand within that open interval, turning my thoughts and actions back into a cause. And so, I become a question that is forever beginning anew.
So I now ask myself: Where does a cause begin? At what moment did existence become a result? At the boundary of those questions, everything returns to the origin. I stand within that open interval, turning my thoughts and actions back into a cause. And so, I become a question that is forever beginning anew.