(347) 994-8044

born 1985 maui hawaii

lives in
maui hi
pittsburgh pa
denver co
berlin de
santa barbara ca

my practice explores the relationships between spirituality, human consciousness, and impermanence as they relate to the exponential growth of computing technology and our networked global culture. i employ ritual, mindfulness and magic systems as methods of augmenting human perception in anticipation of the coming technological singularity, the birth of a true artificial intelligence, and the dawn of a post-human era. impermanence, non-selfhood and interconnectedness are analogous to the structure of the internet and the ways in which it has transformed, and will continue to transform human consciousness.

a reoccurring influence in my work is the buddhist concept of sunyata. emptiness. the void. sunyata is the infinite and absolute, all things coexisting in one fluid field , an infinite expanse empty of independent entities and forces. sunyata has been called "the great void" , "zero" , "emptiness" and "the ultimate truth".

one way to understand sunyata is to try to understand written and spoken explanation of it. the other way to understand sunyata is through observation. sunyata is a somewhat intangible and an indefinable concept.

"this is because there is no worldly knowledge, be it general studies, science or philosophy, that can lead to the attainment of the state of sunyata. the only path to its realization is via an passionate and discriminating mind. It is beyond the common worldly understanding."

with that being said, this brief definition from wikipedia does a good job at outlining the surface level concept

"sunyata signifies that everything one encounters in life is empty of absolute identity, permanence, or an in-dwelling 'self'. this is because everything is inter-related and mutually dependent - never wholly self-sufficient or independent. all things are in a state of constant flux where energy and information are forever flowing throughout the natural world giving rise to and themselves undergoing major transformations with the passage of time."