“Curving back within myself, I create again and again.”
~ The Bhagavad Gita I’m not proficient yet, but I am learning and practicing.
Since childhood, I’ve always felt our innate connection to each other (humans/animals) and nature, which led me to study consciousness for over 15 years now, as well as resulting in my anti-war activism. When you start questioning what consciousness is, or what is real, you have two directions to explore: Science or spirituality. I study both, especially Eastern philosophies while expressing what
I am learning through my art. When I realized that the teachings of Advaita Vedenta (non-duality), and theoretical physicists such as Prof. David Bohm, both claimed that ‘we are all one’ and consciousness is fundamental to our existence, I decided to mainly reflect this in my art, one way or another. Even if the subject is not directly about non-duality or consciousness, I always meditate before starting any of my art projects. My consciousness studies which are continuing, also led me to learn more about Immersive Technologies, particularly Augmented Reality art, as I understand Maya in Non-duality is a form of simulated reality (that’s my interpretation). Due to growing up in a volatile region of our world where there is always some kind of an armed conflict going on, I have witnessed the worst of wars and crises of humanity. Especially after moving to the USA, I better understood what it was to be uprooted, and that feeling of not belonging to anywhere while still wanting to love this world. I naturally developed a soft spot in my heart for refugees and immigrants. I’ve became an anti-war activist and tried to reflect it in my art. While studying ancient Eastern teachings for long years, I have developed a fondness for Asian aesthetics which led me to Sumi-E, and loved it. I am a certified Sumi-E artist. Especially, the ritual of making the ink, I find it meditative and intimate, also an exercise in patience and endurance as in Takesada Matsutani’s A Matrix/Stream instillation. I love using rough building materials with ink or watercolors, as a representation of our physical reality, and the ink as the ethereal side. Material and the ethereal together, creating our non-dual reality.
How to pronounce Feraye: https://forvo.com/word/feraye/
Almost done with the part of the Möbius loop aka Aion circle ⭕️. Zero point, Enso circle. “The “time” which Aion represents is perpetual, unbounded and cyclic. The future is a returning version of the past. This kind of time contrasts with empirical, linear, progressive, and historical time that Chronos represented, which divides time into past, present and future.”
Started working on the Möbius loop. Ink work. “The “time” which Aion represents is perpetual, unbounded, ritual, and cyclic: The future is a returning version of the past, later called aveum.
Reading for my next paper. I’m so grateful to my semester advisor for allowing me to write about the topics I am passionate about, as long as the angle is art related. Science, spirituality and art are the languages of the mystical, and I love connecting them all, recognizing their similarities and also their unique answers to the deepest questions of life. A graduate of MIT and Stanford, Rizwan Virk quickly became one of my favorite authors on these fascinating topics. What do you think? Are we living in a simulation?
I have started to use ink like watercolor and I am also trying different papers. This one is ink on mineral paper. I also made more geometric shapes this time. Because, today was a left brain hemisphere kind of day.
One of the larger pieces of the series I’ve been working on. My foot next to it is for the scale. The concept is reincarnation/the Hero’s Journey. I’ll make two more and add the AR layer. I’m absolutely loving the idea of finally finding a way to combine my love for ink and AR, and my ontological themes. Art is such a wonderful language for it. ❤️🧿🧿🧿
“Microstate”… Ink on transparent paper.
“Dot Product”… When I geek out on math and science then make art 😂😂😂. Ink on transparent paper.
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“Hridaya” is a Sanskrit word that can be interpreted as “spiritual heart.” Literal translation from its root words is as hri, which means “to give,” da, which means “to take,” and ya from yam, which means “balance.” Therefore, hridaya is “that which gives and takes in perfect balance.” In the same way as the physical heart does this with blood flow, hridaya is the center for giving and taking on a spiritual level. (From Yogapedia page). Ink on transparent paper.
“Khyātivāda” (Theories of Error). Ink and pen on watercolor paper.
“The Implicate Order”
Ink in transparent paper.
Carl Gustav Jung (26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961). I didn’t start the book yet, but today was his birthday so I wanted to mention it as he is someone who has an influence in my life.
‘Morphogenesis’. Ink and various pens on watercolor paper.
Continuing with making pods. Ink and ink pens on paper.
Wave-particle duality is a mind-bending concept in physics. It says everything, including you, is both a particle and a wave 😳😁😍🧿♾️… I am attaching an article about it: https://bigthink.com/13-8/wave-particle-duality-matter/
Ink and ink pens on paper…
‘Matrix’… Noun: an enclosure within which something originates or develops (from the Latin for womb). The body substance in which tissue cells are embedded…
Ink and ink pens on paper.
‘Google's new Quantum Computer completes the task in 6 seconds that would have taken one of the world's best computers 47 years. Quantum computers can change what we can build and how we understand the world.’
(From the Science Acumen page).
“Frame-dragging”
Ink and pen on watercolor paper.
Ink on watercolor paper. Started to use different brushes with my inks and I make good circles now, yay 🙌.
“Eigenvector”
Ink and pen on watercolor paper.
Synchronicity #7: Archimedes and the Antikythera.
Ink on paper.
Science is cracking the code… The link to read the article: https://www.science.org/content/article/reality-doesn-t-exist-until-you-measure-it-quantum-parlor-trick-confirms
I’m liking these forms which I also used brushes. I think my art wanted me to intervene 😁😍🥰. Ink and pen marks.
I love the weirdness of inks. You can never know how they will end up drying. I’m happy that I’ve been making more time to practice this semester 🙏
Ink practice. I enjoy making these abstract, etheric looking pieces.
Ink practice. Working on different colors and consistencies.
“Island of Reil” also called the ‘insula’ which is the part of our brain that plays a role in subjective feeling states and involved in consciousness…
Why do I love being in art school and being an artist? We are such an open minded bunch. I just had a phone call with a possible mentor and told him I believe we live in a simulation like reality and instead of thinking “I’m talking to a crazy person” 😂 he so kindly referred to me to read Jean Baudrillard 🙏❤️🧿. He sounds as amazing as my previous mentors. I’m so lucky. So, what do you all think? Is this a simulation? A hologram (Stanford professor, theoretical physicist Leonard Siskind says so)? Or an illusion like Advaita Vedanta/nonduality says (Maya)? Either way, it’s magical for sure ❤️🙏🧿♾️.
Working on new color combinations. These will be the new AR layers superimposed on rugged substrates which we call our 3D reality. I’m loving this organic but also etheric look. I think I’m getting there, to what I see in my mind during meditation.
I decided to create a color catalog for my inks this semester. Freezer paper is an inexpensive alternative for ink practice which can get really expensive. The canvas arrived as well. I think I’ll have a more organized and productive semester this time, because I’m having an early start 🙏🧿❤️. I drag my feet when I’m not sure of the next step but this semester I have a clear direction, thanks to my wonderful advisor and mentor last semester. I’m excited to get going 🙏🙏🙏❤️🧿♾️
Synchronicity #5: I’ve been ordering my ink supplies but realized that I forgot to order a spray bottle. The size I prefer is hard to find. I didn’t have time to search for it. This morning I was organizing my hair clips drawer (I don’t even know why I decided to do this today 😂🤷♀️), and here it was, the perfect size spray bottle under the hair clips 😁❤️🙏. I remember buying this for travel then totally forgot about it. Thank you beautiful universe/source/God (whatever you call it) for always having my back and wholly supporting me in this journey. These are the synchronicities that tell me I am on my true path. For the first time in my life 😍🙏😘🧿♾️
I absolutely love living in Florida. Amazing weather, exquisite landscape and ocean, and my wonderful friends and neighbors ❤️🙏🧿. I woke up to see our sliding door screen was on the ground. The rain from the night created a half heart/half rainbow 🌈. I’m so excited about this semester. Thanks to my previous advisor and mentor, and some great critiques/feedback, I feel more clear about my direction. I like it when I get excited about things. More love, less judgement. More trust, less anxiety. More confidence, less insecurities… ❤️❤️❤️🙏😘🧿♾️
Synchronicity #3. We are reading about hope and its impact and importance in Critical Theory 3. I turn in my page and this quote is the first one to show up on the front page.
Another beautiful synchronicity. (I decided to record them). I had a wonderful one on one crit with .kelseyalger this morning. Definitely one of my favorite people in the program. We talked about the concept of the “veil” and layers of perception. She gave me an amazing idea about how to present the veil which is a major concept in spirituality. Also in other ways in psychology, as in subconscious. After the crit, I decided to watch my favorite tarot reader’s newest video on YouTube. Of course, she was talking about The Veil. Of course 😁🤷♀️, which I took it as a message that this is a topic I should investigate and use it in my art.
This was the confirmation 🙏❤️.
This is my magical life that is full of magical people like Kelsey, and magical moments. All day, every day ❤️🧿😘♾️
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Wonderful one in one with a visiting faculty. It’s incredible how one can make another feel respected and valued while still giving invaluable advice. I so appreciated it. When you leave a crit with a sense of more clear direction and what else to work on, while at the same time knowing your work was appreciated or at least respected, it’s a great experience.
Talk about synchronicity. I had a conversation about being empty nesters with my sweet classmate earlier in the day. Then, I took a walk between the day’s classes. I found this empty nest on my way home, on the grass by some trees. I left it there, in case if momma bird would like to reuse it. I don’t know if birds reuse nests. It was beautiful and so well built. Animals are amazing creatures. They trust their instincts.
The science article is from the Big Think. Here is the link if you are interested to read it: https://bigthink.com/thinking/is-human-consciousness-creating-reality/?mibextid=S66gvF =1687061800
Titled: 4 Truths of Non-dualism (Advaita Vedanta-
1- Ahimsa (non-violence) Martin Luther King represented as the spiritual knot.
2- Asanga (non-attachment) I used an Enso circle to represent it.
3- Abhaya (fearlessness) Sophie Scholl, represented by the connected circles.
4- Ananda (bliss) represented by the lines
The background painting size is 6’x4’, mostly acrylic. Augmented Reality parts are Sumi-E ink, digitized in photoshop.
The title of the piece is the Probability Space/Jacob’s Ladder. The background painting is 4’x6’, mostly acrylic. Augmented Reality pieces are digitized watercolor layers. When you stand up in front of the painting, you don’t see the ladder steps until you use the AR platform. You can walk around it to see 3D.
Please click on the photos to see the entire sequence. This piece is titled the Probability Space- Jacob’s Ladder. I couldn’t film it for some reason but took photos of how it looks with the Augmented Reality ladder superimposed on the background painting. The steps are made from watercolor pieces that are digitized by me. The size is 6 feet by 4 feet.
The fact that my left eye almost needed a patch made me laugh at this even harder 😂😂😂😂😂. I’m doing much better. I even got some school work done today. And yes, I cope through humor. 😂👍🙌
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I have learned to add new layers. Next will be how to move them. So much fun. The app has a very short video. I hope I’ll figure out how to make the viewing longer. This took me about three hours. All is my original art work.
Learning another AR app called Artivive. My wonderful mentor is helping me with this one. I finally figured it out how to make images transparent. I know this looks very basic but it takes this much of work and practice to learn this new technology. Due to some difficult personal issues, I’m a bit behind than where I was planning to be in September, but I’m working to catch up. This app allows up to 6 layers but I just did one as a practice. This is my original art work. A collage I’ve made years ago.
Schrödinger's fern 😂❤️
AR practice. I’m taking more AR classes. I’m obsessed about it 😂❤️
Art exhibition in my kitchen 😂❤️ My original painting and the owl.
In and out of my painting 😊
Fern is dancing in front of my painting, in the middle of my living room 😂❤️
Refugee Baby Dreaming Under the Rain. Created on February, 2022
Hummingbird, protecting her nest. Sumi-E ink work, AR overlaid.
Augmented Reality Art learning practice. I’m obsessed with it 😂❤️😘
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