Lucid Realms

Inspired by ancient Egyptian philosophy gathered in a text known as The Book of Thoth or The Emerald Tablets‭. ‬They represent ancient Egyptian texts presumed to have been written by Thoth‭, ‬the Egyptian god of writing and knowledge‭, ‬known later in Greek mythology as Hermes Trismegistus‭.

‬‬By creating form that is inspired by either present-day reality or ancient mythology‭, ‬it aims to explore the artist’s questions about the very depths of the universe and the self‭. ‬As one is part of the other and consisting of the whole such as‭ ‬the sky‭, ‬the planets‭, ‬the stars and other beings‭, ‬the philosophy garnered from The Book of Thoth reflects time and space‭, ‬creation and destruction‭, ‬the individual and the cosmos–‭ ‬all contradictions and movements embedded both in our realities and our dreams‭. ‬ Through tones‭, ‬colors and line movements that could be a universal landscape‭, ‬the work creates a unique and deep experience of space and time prompting reflection upon our external and internal landscape of being through a reading of ancient mythologies‭.‬ Combining thoughts and sensations evoked upon observation and relfection of the world‭, ‬Wahby envisions different dimensions and‭ ‬perspectives to contemplate the space and time in which we exist‭. ‬From a starting point of both reality and mythology‭, ‬the work created aims to reconstruct and connect her external and internal‭ ‬world to recreate and recollect‭, ‬to commune with the self and others‭. ‬In a visual context‭, ‬the works exhibited contain within themselves‭  ‬the human experience of existence within time and space‭ ‬

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