The Psychonaut

The first seminal piece which brought forth my series, the “Jātaka Tales of a Budgie-Sattva”. The Psychonaut is a synesthetic narrative of one of the karmic lives of the Budgie-sattva. His journey denotes the process of purification rather than the state purity. In the image the Budgie-Sattvas (both boy and birds) exist within a moment of psychedelic consciousness—the boundaries of the environment and self are given to a large degree of psychological morphism. The triad of budgie manifestations accompany the figure as familiars, each engaged within a distinct region of the hallucinogenic landscape.