sacred symbols
Creating these symbols is a personal practice for me. When I sit with a composition, each pattern and shape I craft holds a purpose. The process is meditative. The meaning reveals itself through the making, not before it.
I'm drawn to the ancestral systems that produced these visual languages. The Adinkra of the Akan people in West Africa, the mathematical traditions of the Dogon in Mali, the geometric architecture of Islamic ornament, and the mandalas of Indian and Tibetan Buddhism were all developed independently by cultures separated by oceans and centuries. They arrived at similar structures. That convergence is what this series keeps exploring.
Through creating these illustrations, I explore the depths of my own consciousness. I sense the ancient wisdom held within each symbol. The mycelium texture that runs through all of my work returns here, carrying the same message it always carries. Everything and everyone is connected.
These illustrations are my sanctuary, and they're an invitation. I make them so the viewer can sit with these forms and explore the depths of their own existence.
