Simply put and as I experience it, mystic visionary art is art that comes from heightened states of consciousness; it expresses or pursues a conscious awareness of divinity and truth. For me these heightened states usually include different modes of meditation, dream work, introspection, insight, exaltation, inspiration… channeled by intuition and a sense of being guided from beyond; a sense of letting go and stepping in the flow. Experiencing mystic visionary art at different levels –inc...

I may be writing a more detailed article about this sometime in the future, wherever that is. Do check back!

There are various things to consider when answering this question, for example: inspiration, vision, embarking on the path of creation, finding the flow within the path, and using technique. While some of these are still a mystery to me, I will outline some of the more tangible parts of my process, which is always and of course subject to change.

Most of my mandalas usually start out w...

This is a question that pops up very often, as some of my artwork may seem to include fractals or fractal-like patterns.  There's a few reasons for this. Fractals are naturally-occurring at both macro-cosmic and micro-cosmic levels; they can be found everywhere in nature. They are particularly noticeable in snowflakes, the growth of vegetation, the swirls that come up when mixing milk and coffee, and in the way crystals, clouds, mountains, and galaxies grow and develop, among others. There ar...

I don’t have a clear, definite answer for this… and if I did, where would all the fun go? Actually, if such an answer existed, I doubt that verbal communication would suffice to articulate it… But not trying to articulate is also avoiding the fun.

Each mandala carries with it a multitude of different meanings, while at the same time, each mandala hints at some sort of ‘essential truth’. Mystics and sages from different backgrounds and time periods have coincided: the truth that ca...

I would be honored to create artwork for you, your loved ones, and/or your living, working, and sacred spaces. I can also create custom mandalas to serve as cures and enhancers for Feng Shui and Vastu Shastra. Please write to d (at) cosmicsensorium [dot] com and tell me about what you would like. (Do format the email address as you would normally.)

The Cosmic Sensorium is my little project aimed at expanding our sensory perception to facilitate our consciousness of a wider range of events, beings, and realities – with art as both process and outcome. The term 'Cosmos' usually refers to all of manifest existence, including various realms of consciousness, while 'cosmic' refers to something that pertains to the cosmos, or something that is immeasurably vast. Sensorium speaks to the complex combination of an organism's perceptions; the "...