ZoneOutZone

Zone out is defined as a short period of feeling disconnected from your senses or the things happening around you. It occasionally serves as a mental retreat for people. Zoneoutzone was inspired by my favorite hobby, which is zoning out while looking at the sky and the painting by Hieronymus Bosch, "The Garden of Earthly Delights".

As a big fan of zoning out, I recently found it difficult to do so in this busy, distracted modern digital culture where social media, marketing, and entertainment constantly bombard us with content and notifications that demand our attention. Ironically, the more content that fills my head, the more I need to empty it. An important element in ZoneOutZone is the sky. Whenever I want to empty my mind, the sky is where I often find comfort. I couldn't agree more with a quote from Haruki Murakami in the book Hear The Wind Sing, "I like the sky. You can look at it forever and never get tired of it, and when you don't want to look at it anymore, you stop." I also like the sky; it doesn't demand my attention and it always remains there. As a result, ZoneOutZone is created.

There are three stages in the environment that are designed to help users to slip into zoning out. Different from Bosch’s garden of all the earthly pleasures, ZoneOutZone is an isolated place dedicated to zoning out. Please consider ZoneOutZone as an isolated place from reality and where users can visit whenever they want, walk around, and zone out as much as they want. Please take a moment to slow down, breathe in and out, empty your mind, and zone out. Enjoy!

Appreciation: I would like to express my gratitude to Liam and George for turning my vision into reality. This environment would not be complete without them.