The Opalescent Piece by Austin M. Collings — Pen & ink on paper, 2024

Physi-Tual Catalogue · No. 007

The Opalescent Piece

by Austin M. Collings

Pen & ink on paper · 2024

Sacred geometry — a honeycomb mandala pattern radiating from center.

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About this work

The Opalescent Piece is a sacred-geometry mandala built from a honeycomb pattern radiating from a single center. The composition is symmetrical, meditative, and specifically designed to function as a focusing image during practice.

The piece sits in the Physi-Tual catalogue as a tool as well as an artwork. Long fixation on the center pattern is reported by viewers to produce the kind of soft attention used in meditation traditions worldwide.

Available as a yoga mat, tapestry, or shower curtain — formats chosen for the contexts in which the focusing function is most useful: practice, dwelling, and transition.

Themes

  • Sacred geometry
  • Mandala
  • Meditation tool
  • Honeycomb symmetry

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The Physi-Tual genre

Every artwork in this catalogue belongs to the Physi-Tual genre — a trademarked literary and visual category created by AMC Publishers in 2021 for works that explore where the physical and spiritual worlds overlap.

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