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Just as there is good in the world, there is also a balancing force of evil. This is the principle in oriental philosophy that propagates the idea of Ying and Yang. Two twin forces which are constantly at odds, but from which the harmony and balance of the world stems, Ying and Yang symbolize the split between male and female, between positive and negative, between good and evil, dark and light, and night and day. Oriental philosophy contains many symbols that strike true with people worldwide. The design for this t-shirt explodes with meaning and with style. In a contrast to the typical Ying and Yang design, which consists of a black half and white half with dots of the opposite colour imposed in each side to symbolize the idea that nothing is wholly singular in nature, the design of this shirt features a white half and a pink half, both of which are created from a pattern of various shapes.
A bird with its wings outstretched seems to be leading the flight of a swirl of geometrical patterns, stars, circles, planets. each bird flying clockwise as it spins in a cosmic explosion of existence. These birds can be whatever you choose. They can easily be symbolic incarnations of the twin forces that guide and balance the universe, and they can just as easily be symbolic of the changing roles of male and female in our society.
The beauty of this design is its elegant simplicity. In one whirling circle of energy, this design holds the whole of the universe in its grip. Anyone will feel in tune with nature and humankind while sporting this t-shirt.
Besides the obvious oriental symbolism, there are also hints of our modern scientific knowledge added in. As the birds fly in a circle, a wave of energy, depicted by radiating grey waves, emanates out from the centre sphere. The vibration of particles and the harmony this brings to our twenty-first century physical universe is displayed in full force on this shirt that is both modern and classic at the same time.
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