PSYCHIC AUTOMATISM
Works 118 to 818
A Series in Eight Movements (2018)
This series marks the beginning of a profound journey into the territories of the unconscious creative force. In Work 118, the artist initiates a radical practice of psychic automatism: a drawing process completely detached from aesthetic intention, where the hand is guided not by rational thought but by an internal impulse—raw, spontaneous, and uninhibited. The body becomes a conduit for a current of inspiration that resists structure and control.
In the early pieces, the lines appear without plan or correction, obeying only the flow of inner movement. The artist’s commitment to bypassing the rational mind is total. Yet it is in Work 318 that a dramatic threshold is crossed: the artist enters a deeper state, where consciousness itself begins to dissolve. The act of drawing occurs in a liminal, trance-like state, in which awareness of the physical studio disappears entirely. The self is momentarily suspended; space becomes irrelevant.
By Work 418, both time and space seem to vanish completely, replaced by the reception of symbolic images and systems—almost as if transmitted telepathically. The artist begins to “receive” information: visual and energetic blueprints of biological processes. These include seed polarities, inner architectures, and unseen mechanisms of organic growth, evoking a form of intelligence that orchestrates life from within.
The subsequent works trace an expanded sensory and symbolic consciousness. The artist’s awareness moves through different natural realms: first, the inner experience of petals and flowers—textures and aromas are internally perceived, though rendered in black and white. Then comes a deeper identification with the Earth itself. The perspective shifts radically: the artist experiences herself as the Earth, perceiving from within the ground, witnessing the internal world of roots and fungal life from below.
One of the later works unfolds entirely within a marine environment. The forms become fluid, filamented, suspended in aquatic rhythms. It is here, still within the automatist process, that a question arises internally: What—or who—is guiding this? The response appears in the form of a symbolic being—tentacled, primordial—embodying the very energy of this transmission. It is neither dream nor hallucination, but something more: an encounter with a presence at the edge of language.
In Work 718, the drawing documents an immersive experience of underwater caves, coral structures, and pearl-like forms—vividly perceived as if lived. Time elongates, allowing the artist to render complex details with spontaneous precision. Finally, in Work 818, the guiding presence withdraws. The process ends in silence.
This series unfolded over a month and a half of daily sessions, always at the same hour. No external agents, no inducement—only sustained attention, openness, and a commitment to follow the inspiration wherever it led. This is not a series of eight isolated works, but a single visionary piece in eight movements. A body of work that emerges not from technique, but from listening. Not from control, but from surrender.
Title: 118
Dimensions (L x H) : 28'' x 22''
Media: Ink on paper
Technique: Automatism
Year: 2018
Title: 218
Dimensions (L x H) : 28'' x 22''
Media: Ink on paper
Technique: Automatism
Year: 2018
Title: 318
Dimensions (L x H) : 28'' x 22''
Media: Ink on paper
Technique: Automatism
Year: 2018
Title: 418
Dimensions (L x H) : 28'' x 22''
Media: Ink on paper
Technique: Automatism
Year: 2018
Title: 518
Dimensions (L x H) : 28'' x 22''
Media: Ink on paper
Technique: Automatism
Year: 2018
Title: 618
Dimensions (L x H) : 28'' x 22''
Media: Ink on paper
Technique: Automatism
Year: 2018