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 Knowing Thyself: An Exploration of  Inner Light 

Artist’s Statement

 My work is rooted in a profound dialogue between the visible & the invisible, the outer world  & the inner landscape. Through photography, I seek to capture moments where memory,  symbol & spirit converge. 

 Places that invite both reflection & transformation.

 The ancient wisdom of the Gospel of Thomas, discovered near Nag Hammadi in Egypt, has,  in hindsight, resonated. 

 This text, often marginalised by institutional traditions, speaks to a timeless truth: that  the divine is not distant but intimately present within us. 

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 "When you know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will understand that you are  children of the living Father. 

  But if  you do not know yourselves, then you live in poverty, and you are the poverty.” 

 This resonates as a call towards self-knowledge as the path to awakening & unity. 

 This journey of inner discovery is echoed in the symbols of ancient Egypt. Isis, OSIRIS,  Anubis &  the COBRA that embody death & rebirth, protection & transformation. These images  surface in my work not as relics of a distant past, but as living metaphors for the cycles  of becoming & the sacred mysteries that inhabit the everyday. 

 Photography, for me, is both an act of seeing & a form of communication, a way to peer  beyond surface appearances into the deeper layers of reality. It is a practice that requires  patience, openness & a willingness to dwell in paradox. 

 I acknowledge that this exploration may feel elusive or abstract, especially in a world  shaped by rapid consumption & concrete certainties. Yet I offer these photographs &  reflections not as answers, but as invitations: to pause, to observe, & perhaps to recognise  a flicker of the sacred within & around us. 

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 In this light, photography becomes a bridge, a language between worlds, an alchemical  space where light, shadow & symbol converge to reveal the hidden threads that connect  all things. It is through this lens that I hope to invite viewers to embark on their own  journey of remembering, becoming & deep connection. 

 This work is an offering, a quiet invitation to meet the sacred in the ordinary, to find the  divine within the self & to glimpse the vast unity that underlies our shared existence. 

 May these images be like whispers from the stillness, echoes of a truth long known, gently  calling you home....

Shutter by Streeter, Photography, Pupil
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