In Buddhist practice, the dissolution of self reveals our true nature—simultaneously everywhere in our interconnection with all phenomena, and nowhere as fixed, separate beings. Through self-portraits created with long exposures under the night sky, I explore this paradox of presence and absence.
During extended exposures, my body becomes both subject and void. Movement erases solidity; stillness registers as form. The camera captures not a definitive self but traces of presence—a ghost inhabiting the threshold between existence and non-existence.
Against the vast expanse of stars, the self becomes simultaneously significant and inconsequential. We are stardust contemplating stardust—the cosmos observing itself through temporary configurations of matter and consciousness. The photographs embody the teaching that emptiness and form are not opposites but expressions of the same truth.
Through these works, I invite viewers to contemplate their own nature as both everywhere and nowhere—fleeting forms within an infinite field, temporary expressions of something vast and timeless.
