I started Turiya with the intent to surrender to the process of creating. The title refers to the fourth state of pure consciousness in ancient Indian philosophy—a state of pure awareness that goes beyond waking, dreaming, and deep sleep. Although I don't believe I came anywhere close to achieving that state, creating this piece has made me aware of its possibility. The lines and texture flow more freely here because I wasn't held back by a plan. Despite this, the relationship between the microcosm and macrocosm was brewing at the back of my mind, which influenced the drawing. 

At the heart of Tantric and Vedic philosophy is the idea that a small part, like the human body, mirrors the vast, encompassing system of the universe. I was thinking of how celestial bodies observed through a telescope can resemble objects under a microscope, and how we exist in the universe just as a universe of microscopic organisms exists within us. 

Somehow, this translated into the drawing. I created a form that at first glance resembles a microscopic organism, but on a closer look, segments of the drawing reveal the atmospheric or landscapesque qualities of a planet observed from afar.