Akashic Portrait

2020 

One hundred thousand 1's and 0's in Prismacolor black pencil on tissue paper coated with resin, one hundred and fifty 5x7 inch picture frames, mannequin, and turkey feather.

The Akashic Record is a mystical, non-physical library that is a compendium of all universal events, thoughts, words, emotions, and intent ever to have occurred in the past, present, or future in terms of all sentient beings. This vibrational information is encoded on a non-physical plane of existence known as the mental plane. Thoughts, words, intent, etc. generate their own unique frequency of vibration stored in the Record that can only be accessed through deep meditation.

Everything a person creates, their gestures, actions, the way they perform everyday tasks is a unique identifier that forms a self-portrait. In art some pieces are specifically designed to be self-referential, to communicate an introspective moment, most often one of self-realization. There are many reasons why a self-portrait manifests. In this instance it may be an accumulation of experiences that have or are leading to definitive change. I am the person that I am today because of shared experiences with everything and everyone I have ever encountered. The energy of these experiences vibrate outward and inward expanding externally and internally, a macro and micro dialogue.