Thalassophobia is the fear of deep bodies of water, not of water itself but the fear of emptiness beneath the waves or being far from shore. This primal fear may be an inherent part of the psyche, a developed evolutionary response that imprinted itself over time....
When we listen to a song we like and enjoy its melody, it evokes a certain feeling in us. In phenomenology, this feeling is called "Noema," which is an object of thought. If we shift our focus to the individual music notes instead of the melody,...
I have mistakenly labelled some of my art as surrealist. I don't think it is. In particular, the 'Totem' series touches upon themes of mind and the unconscious (the cornerstone of Surrealism), but by narrative only, not in its style. So what is the Totem series? I...
A Psychedelic story that you may enjoy: Swiss Psychiatrist Carl Jung was born in 1875, the year of the pig. In 1906, Jung had interacted with a patient that had hallucinations of tubes coming down from the disc of the sun, which he believed was the ‘origin...
It was a comment from Jos that brought this piece into clear view. Jos said, “What is the totem? The 2CV or the load on the top?” His question was not a question, but a realization, a proclamation. In some way a trap as well. I responded, “Thanks...
The history of zero is fairly recent. Recent because zero wasn’t needed for the most part. Counting was important to civilization, but the idea of nothing wasn’t, in fact psychologically zero implied nothingness, a state that was generally feared by many cultures. In India however,...
Life isn’t perfect. There is strife, famine, natural disasters, greed and selfishness. People are prejudice and have misconceptions that affect their relationships. We are often tempted, prone to addiction, have bad tendencies that corrupt decisions and make for unhealthy choices. I’ll say it again, life isn’t perfect...
The Totem is a conceptual art series that proposes a new formulation of the origins of the cosmos. It supposes that just as matter eventually emerged from the Big Bang, a timeless mind was always there, in concert with the formation. Beyond this, as the...
Science describes the world as a quantifiable object, logical, coherent, applicable to measurement and available to be modelled and verified. On the other hand, we know the world within a personal framework of experience, more than an ‘object’. This is because we experience things that are not...
Mind from matter - the ultimate mystery. And from whatever point you choose to view it, its poetry will captivate. Science tells us that matter is all atoms - electrons, protons and neutrons, which is perfectly reasonable and testable. And yet, there is still poetry. You...