I created this piece when I was reading Turbulent Mirror, a book on chaos theory. One day, when out shopping with the friend who had recommended the book, I saw a Chinese calligraphy of this symbol. It is the symbol for both chaos and opportunity, because the Chinese see opportunity out of chaos. How true!

A strange thing happens when things "fall apart." There is a time, when molecules (or whatever) will, in their seemingly random chaos, line up in such a way as to appear almost back together again in their original pattern. For Turbulent Mirror, the authors simulated it with a computer program and an image of the person who discovered this. As the pixels dispersed, eventually their placement quite randomly looked very close to the original photograph again.

So the question is are the granules on the amulet falling away from having been the symbol or coming together to form it, or just appearing to do so along their path (or seeming lack thereof)?

The photograph on the inside is of the moon through the water oak tree in my backyard. I put it on the inside as a reminder that, even in chaos, everything is still interconnected. The "glass" protecting it is a thin sheet of mica.