I am indebted to Dr. Seuss for his children’s story Horton Hears a Who, which stunned me out of the ordinary as a child. While Horton could hear there were creatures living on a tiny particle, his friends could not hear them and denied their existence. This first gave me the idea that worlds may exist even if we cannot perceive them. What a concept—reality may not be what it seems! This cracked open my imagination. I thought to myself, what hidden wonders are there to discover?
As an artist, I am inspired by things that lie at the edge of perception. I am curious about how we understand phenomena and what that reveals about the nature of mind and reality. Objective research such as fMRI imaging of the brain, and subjective ones such as investigative meditation are powerful approaches that captivate me to learn more, to question and express what it means through art.
I am currently fascinated by the well-documented Buddhist model of mind which reflects over two millennia of active and ongoing mental discovery. I am particularly interested in how it may offer insight into the positive development of artificial intelligence.