Projects
These cyanotypes were created from a photo documentation of a 48hr period which I spent in complete (light-tight) darkness. The experiment began and ended with four self-portraits, dimming the light to darkness at the start and brightening it at the end. The time in between was spent investigating how my eyes and mind reacted to an environment devoid of external sources of light; particularly focusing on the process of phosphenes, hypnagogia, and lucid dreaming.
The Abyssopelagic Project I: Visualization, Hypnagogia, and Lucid Dreams, 2025
3 x 9.5” x 44” Mounted cyanotype on paper
This second round spent in light-tight darkness includes cyanotypes created from a photo documentation of a 60hr period which focused on cycling through periods of shamatha meditation and dreaming. A photograph was taken after each round of dreaming to time stamp the time they occurred. 31 Dreams were recorded in writing during this period.
The Abyssopelagic Project ll - Meditation, Hypnagogia and Dreams, 2025
17.5” x 22.5” & 13” x 22” Cyanotype on paper
Since the fall of 2024 I have been tracking my dream practices and results to look for recurrent factors related to lucid dream induction. Each day and night has many practices for both formal and informal meditation practices that have been historically used by Vajrayana Buddhist yogis and western lucid dreamers alike including: state checks, shamatha meditation, intention setting, visualization, awaking during the night in between REM cycles, and dream journaling.
Oneironautics, 2025
22” x 30” Collage on paper