{"id":13184,"date":"2021-06-10T22:16:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T02:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/?post_type=student-work&p=13184"},"modified":"2021-06-10T22:16:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T02:16:22","slug":"jocelyn-tsui","status":"publish","type":"student-work","link":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/jocelyn-tsui\/","title":{"rendered":"Jocelyn Tsui"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is a \u201cPerfect Circle\u201d? Does it exist?<\/p>\n

I saw the circle as a portal to another world. A means of escapism away from our own world and its imperfections. This could be into space or the cosmos, visually beyond the circumference of a circle. Or way into its centre, into the world of consciousness or the mind. Whether or not it\u2019s a physical search or a search into imagination, the circle has been used to understand the unknown and make the invisible visible \u2013 the perfect representation for perfection.<\/p>\n

Inspired by Maggie Nelson’s research writing in Bluets, I wanted to similarly explore the significance circles had to me. I had been drawing intricate mandalas for a long time, but only considered them as a hobby and never thought too deeply about them. However, I wanted to engage with this ‘passive’ work through a different perspective, and explore my hidden struggle with imperfection and constant desire for\u00a0perfection.<\/p>\n

The project outcome included a series of handmade notebooks, which each explore a component from my writing e.g. labyrinths of the mind, mathematical diagrams of consciousness, confusion, and destruction. Some include hand-drawn mandalas and cut-out pages to reveal depth and layers – a physical motion of delving deeper into the concept. I also created a digital publication (38 pages) using InDesign, in which I hoped to demonstrate a shift in mindset towards ‘perfection’, and whether or not it’s sustainable.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13187,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[107,42],"class_list":["post-13184","student-work","type-student-work","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-integrative-studio-seminar-1","tag-first-year-online","tag-shift"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nJocelyn Tsui - Parsons Notes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/jocelyn-tsui\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jocelyn Tsui - Parsons Notes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What is a \u201cPerfect Circle\u201d? Does it exist? I saw the circle as a portal to another world. A means...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/jocelyn-tsui\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Parsons Notes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/parsonsfirstyear\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Jocelyn_Tsui_005-min-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1816\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/jocelyn-tsui\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/jocelyn-tsui\/\",\"name\":\"Jocelyn Tsui - Parsons Notes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/jocelyn-tsui\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/jocelyn-tsui\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Jocelyn_Tsui_005-min-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-11T02:16:22+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/jocelyn-tsui\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/jocelyn-tsui\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/jocelyn-tsui\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Jocelyn_Tsui_005-min-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Jocelyn_Tsui_005-min-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1816},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/jocelyn-tsui\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Student Work\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Jocelyn Tsui\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/\",\"name\":\"Parsons Notes\",\"description\":\"a guide to your undergraduate experience\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jocelyn Tsui - Parsons Notes","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/jocelyn-tsui\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jocelyn Tsui - Parsons Notes","og_description":"What is a \u201cPerfect Circle\u201d? Does it exist? I saw the circle as a portal to another world. A means...","og_url":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/jocelyn-tsui\/","og_site_name":"Parsons Notes","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hashtag\/parsonsfirstyear","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1816,"url":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Jocelyn_Tsui_005-min-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/jocelyn-tsui\/","url":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/jocelyn-tsui\/","name":"Jocelyn Tsui - Parsons Notes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/jocelyn-tsui\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/jocelyn-tsui\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Jocelyn_Tsui_005-min-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2021-06-11T02:16:22+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/jocelyn-tsui\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/jocelyn-tsui\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/jocelyn-tsui\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Jocelyn_Tsui_005-min-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/06\/Jocelyn_Tsui_005-min-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1816},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/jocelyn-tsui\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Student Work","item":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/student-work\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Jocelyn Tsui"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/#website","url":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/","name":"Parsons Notes","description":"a guide to your undergraduate experience","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/student-work\/13184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/student-work"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/student-work"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/undergrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}