Untitled (tulpa)

Benjamin Phillips relief portrait of artist conjuring  a tulpa

Untitled (tulpa)

20 x 24.5 x 2.75

(edition of 3)

Forton MG, aluminum, pigment, paint

A tulpa is a materialized independent and sentient thought-form created through intense mental concentration and meditation. The term comes from Tibetan Buddhism, meaning “emanation” or “manifestation”, referring to an object to an object or being created through sheer willpower. The concept intrigued me because it’s not far from an artwork, created out of nothing from deep thought, lacking only their sentience.

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