
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.
"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.
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....