| Causality explores the psychological architecture of superstition—how belief systems form not from logic, but from the instinct to link events, symbols, and outcomes. In the realm of superstition, causality is rarely linear. A black cat crosses your path, and misfortune follows. A mirror breaks, and seven years of bad luck begin. These are not rational connections—they are emotional ones, born from the need to impose order on chaos.
The canvas presents this impulse visually. Three ornate red spoons anchor the composition, stacked like ritual implements or diagnostic tools. Around them, the surface fractures into symbolic terrain: clover for luck, a diagram of knots for binding and protection, and a comic panel featuring Felix the Cat—a pop rendering of the classic omen. A zoetrope diagram of a bird in flight overlays grayscale confetti and continues across a Blue Willow china pattern, threading motion, folklore, and domesticity. An anatomical diagram introduces the body as a site of belief, while an early tarot or fortune-telling card gestures toward divination and fate.
Each element is chosen, but not explained. Some symbols are immediately legible; others require cultural excavation. The viewer is invited to trace their own line of causality—between image and implication, memory and meaning.
Causality dissects the architecture of superstition, offering a field of visual contradictions where belief is not dismissed, but examined.
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