I perceive color in emotion, sound, and souls (auras; synesthesia). I create to map the beautiful, chaotic visions that words can’t hold.
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Sensory translations; mapping sound and the frequency of human emotion. A chord is a texture just like a person’s energy is a shifting palette of light. My favorite pieces are those where I paint music or auras, capturing the invisible geometry of the soul. I love turning the ephemeral into something tangible that others can see. I love creating something that feels like the alchemization of energy into a quantum portal.
Where do you find inspiration?In a constant, involuntary symphony. I find it in thunderstorms, the velvet gold of a cello, and the radiant, complex halos people carry without knowing. I’m deeply moved by the intersection of quantum mechanics and mysticism; the idea that we’re all vibrating strings of energy. Every conversation I have and every song I hear is a visual prompt. I don’t seek inspiration so much as I witness it unfolding in the colors of the world around me.
What would you do with $25,000?This would be seed money for a living archive of human perception; a collaborative space for creative alchemy and reclaiming one’s spiritual agency. I’d bring together artists, seekers, and those interested in honing their psychokinetic abilities (I openly do aerokinesis) to explore how expression, whether through traditional art or unconventional sensory categories, can decode the mechanics of our shared reality. I want to empower people by inviting them to remember their divine essence.
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