The Worlds We Arrange Within the Mind

A scholar in an ochre robe raises an open hand while colored circles extend above the head. Fine lines connect the face and senses to concentric fields of green, blue, violet, and yellow. The composition makes an invisible activity visible: arranging experience into an understanding of the world.

This newly created engraving-style image uses the visual language of an old philosophical chart. Its symbolic circles and inscriptions are part of the artwork, rather than a current anatomical model or a verified historical document.

The open hand suggests contact with something immediate, while the circles suggest the meanings and categories we place around it. There can be a difference between an experience and our explanation of it.

Think of a moment you understood differently after time had passed. What changed: the event, your attention, or the story surrounding it? The portrait leaves room for the first explanation to develop.