Cecilia Lopez
My icon is Tui and La, which are the moon and ocean spirits from the animated series Avatar the Last Airbender (ATLA), as well as yin and yang, due to Tui and La being a variation of that icon. My print is sort of an exploration of how far I could vary Tui and La/ Ying and Yang, while still having it be iconic. ATLA had already stretched yin and yang once by having the Koi fish take the image of the yin and yang symbol, so I decided to stretch the Koi, by making them remain opposites, however in an extra cartoony way
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Art History Student Response to Cecilia Lopez:
By Junpeng Lian:
The icon I chose is Tui & La Avatar. This icon is consistent with two cypriniformes, one of them is white and the other one is black. These two fishes form a circle. And the background is aYinYang symbol. Based on my background of traditional Chinese culture, the YinYang symbol as the background of this icon also brought me some familiarness. According to the source, Yin Yang suggests paradox as interdependent opposites instead of exclusive opposites. He also argued that “Yin Yang needs to be adopted as the philosophical foundation for the study of a new conceptualization of culture that is more embracive and holistic in nature than the current cultural models.”
Fang, Tony. “Yin Yang: A New Perspective on Culture.” Management and Organization Review 8, no.1 (2012): 25–50.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-8784.2011.00221.x.