Spilitting of Meaning  explores the cognitive processes through which we understand things by unconsciously dividing, separating, dissecting, abstracting, and branching meanings.
Using the works and biography of Leonardo da Vinci as examples, this exercise examines how a single subject can generate multiple layers of meaning. When viewing a work of art, we do not perceive only the image itself; we also connect it to the artist’s life, historical context, and memories of other works. For example, The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne may evoke associations with the Mona Lisa, while The Last Supper can lead us to focus on the roles and identities of individual figures. Such associations represent branches of meaning that emerge from a single work.
This exercise suggests that meaning is not fixed or singular. Rather, it is continually produced through acts of division, connection, interpretation, and association, allowing multiple understandings to emerge from the same object or image.