What began as an exercise in active imagination, a technique embraced by the Surrealists and a search for the space where my sculptures truly live, opened me to the Jungian concept of universal archetypes. From there, it was almost inevitable to find my way to Plato's theory of forms, and further still, to the earliest creation myths of human civilization. Though it is often said that all paths eventually lead to Plato, mine did; yet in parallel, it also led me to the doorstep of my own philosophical roots: the Upanishads and Vedantic thought of ancient India. To arrive at an appreciation of one's own cultural legacy, without it being imposed in a doctrinal way, is a privilege few are fortunate enough to experience.

These vibrant drawings in dry pastel are a window into my mind, giving structure in a visual language to these new learnings, shapes to the first ideas of creation: the meeting of spirit and matter, the moment when idea, material, and inner force converge to bring life and form into being. Moving between the macrocosm and the microcosm, they reach toward forces greater than ourselves while grounding us in our shared material world. Each work becomes a site, a diagram where an archaic knowledge is sensed rather than stated. At a time when the meaning of being human, the nature of intelligence, and the definition of life itself are radically shifting, these paintings search for an anchoring point, a sense of continuity, of oneness, and perhaps an evocation of the origin story that unites all living beings.

L.N.G, Feb, 2026, Berlin