'The Pondering' explores the notion of impermanence, drawing a deliberate parallel to Monet’s water lilies — a study not of the objects themselves but of the ever-changing surface they rest upon. Here, Opepen becomes the subject, not through direct representation, but through symbolic fragments: a lily echoing the familiar checkmark, lily pads reminiscent of the iconic Opepen eyes.
By avoiding a singular, definitive form, 'The Pondering' captures the essence of Opepen as a cultural current — fluid, mutable, and never still. It embraces the paradox of depicting an entity defined by its inability to be fixed, a constraint with no constraints.
