(6 × 9) + (6 + 9) = ?
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Heavily influenced by the “69” meme — the joke where people reply “nice” to any post containing the number 69, regardless of the context. Over time, the joke slowly rewired my brain into instinctively saying “nice” whenever I encountered the number 69.

I started seeing 69 as a daily reminder to notice “nice” things around me. Whether on a wall, a price tag, a book, or a poster, I began documenting every 69 I noticed.

I think 69 is more meaningful than 67. It’s just a brainrot joke with absolutely no context.

Beca (rickshaw) with number plate of 69 in street of Penang

I also started playing around with the abstract shape of 69. It kind of looks like Yin Yang. Eventually, I realized I could even create a 69 using hand signs like below.

69 hand sign — Two OK handsign that form into 69

Scratch mark on wall show a resemblence of 69 — Scratch marks on a wall forming a resemblance to 69

But just like life, you don’t always get what you want. Sometimes you find unexpected surprises instead. In my case, alongside all the 69s, I somehow ended up compiling a bunch of 169s as well.

Inspired by my younger brother, who started experimenting with printing his photos into an 8-page zine folded from a single sheet of A4 paper, I felt this mini project was very suitable for that format. The outcome turned out quite well, and I learned that editing for screens and editing for print are two completely different worlds. I’m still not ready to fall into the printing rabbit hole.

wip zine on cutting board — Hand-drawn draft for sequencing vs completed zine

Just a small mini-project for now. Hopefully more weird and bigger projects coming soon. Stay tuned.

(6 × 9) + (6 + 9) = ? #

(6 × 9) + (6 + 9) = ?
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