Updated Artist’s Statement

“Like Tagore’s poem, I dive down into the depths of the ocean of forms, beyond their familiar finite surfaces and conditioned relationships, hoping to gain the perfect pearl of the formless and to translate a glimpse of the universally networked Energy and Intelligence of which we are all an infinite expression”. -Deborah Goudreault

 “We have been like cell phones trying to access the Internet with no working WIFI connection; built for more infinite capacity but whose operation is limited to its physical chip and hard-wired functions. We wouldn’t tolerate this for very long with our phones, and yet we are quite accepting of this condition within the self. While we are taught many things to expand the intellect, we are not taught how to connect with the network of Nature, the subtle dimensions of our human totality, or that a greater potentiality within us even exists.  As long as we remain servants of a finitely conditioned mind, we are like robots operating based solely on genetic coding and physical sensory experience. We want an evolutionary shift; to radiate with new strength, harmonized wholeness, and capacities.  We want technologies that open all space to us, but if we want more than our outer conditions to change, we must also open the space of the self. For human advancement we must refine our perception, prepare minds for a more unfixed and integrative vision of Nature, and nurture an awareness of the self as more than finite and separate, and able to navigate a multidimensional and more infinitely networked human totality. The art and impressions we create and surround ourselves with have the power to either free us to evolve or keep us in a prison of surface realities and endless repetitions of the past.

With physical senses withdrawn and my inner perception refined and strengthened by meditative practice, I see through a lens of intuitive sensibility in which forms and spaces reveal more of their unbound totality. Lifting the veil of matter’s seeming insensibility and penetrating the preconceived outer qualities of objective form, mine is not an art of the familiar meant to strengthen or reinforce what anchors us to the past or present. All the treasures of a more advanced humanity; the answers we so desperately seek, do not lie in what is known and familiar. They are buried and hidden like the gold and diamonds of Earth, and my work is in the art of illuminating them.  Nature is my preferred studio, but once I pass through its doors, my work begins in a world of subtle frequencies, primordial elements, a play of polarities, and an electro-magnetism which calls forth the Light. It is a world where Light condenses into matter and form across a network of cosmic Energy and Intelligence, without which none of it would exist. I follow the Light; what it communicates through the movement of the universe, the landscape of our planetary life, and the vast dimensions of our inner being, and visually project what pieces I know of it. Uniquely layered planes of matter and non-matter in varying densities merging into cooperative wholes and alternative experiences of gravity, spatial relationships, time and movement characterize my work. Landscapes become interdimensional vortices and familiar, seemingly inanimate forms in nature become embodiments of unknown intelligence and the faces of an infinite, universally networked Consciousness. It is through these personifications of non-human forms in nature that the “Perceptive Sculpture” aspect of my photography developed.

I translate images where, gazing into their unbound spaces, we all find ourselves freer from the conditioned parameters of life and mind; on an unchartered transit beyond the familiar into the deeper universe and unlimited potentiality of Nature and the self. I consider my work not as creating inanimate art objects, but fields of subtle experience; bridges between the material and the immaterial, the abstract and the concrete; openings to a more unbound awareness that help us understand we are more than the limits we know. The Light translated in my images is not solely reflected on their surface, and also resonates within them as a concentrated impetus for viewers to seek greater access and insight into that which is yet unknown and unfathomable. In challenging accepted preconceptions of Nature, images of what I call “Convergent Realism” serve to prepare our minds for a future where unfathomed mysteries will be revealed in rapidly evolving new forms, new terrains and new relationships to time, space, and each other. It is a work given to inspire us all to evolve greater understanding of our universal connectedness and to strengthen our capacity to integrate new experiences fearlessly, creatively and productively into a more harmonized and luminous shared reality.” -Deborah A. Goudreault

May you find Light, inspiration, curiosity, and courage in your experience of my work, and ever unfolding radiance in your own self.

Condensed Artist’s Statement

“I am a self-taught, intuitively guided Photographer whose work is centered in the forgotten marshes, riverbanks, fallow fields and coastal inlets of New England. I am called by this region’s yet untamed vitality; the way the Earth still speaks there, and I endeavor to project what is universal in the Nature of these spaces rather than any exclusive identity, time, or subject. They are impressions of a convergent reality, formed not by the outer eye, but an inner perception of life as it exists and evolves between the known and the unknown, the material and the immaterial and ever closer to that Light given to light the mind’s understanding of who we are. 

Each image I receive is part of a story that subtly challenges and breaks the limited preconceptions of purely physical reality, and operates as a unifying force for those seeking to experience and evolve more of the unknown depths of our human potential. They are outer reflections of inner doors into a world where matter, energy, and Consciousness are integrated in a continuous and perfectly harmonized network of being of which we too are a part.  They are not meant to be the framework of new thought, rather what blows the frame of our past conditioned associations with subjects and liberates the mind to explore more of the unlimited totality of Nature and our own human nature. They engage the familiar in Nature only as the platform for reaching beyond its accepted physical limits, natural laws, and bounds of separateness; as the point of entry for a deeper view within, closer to the Light of Infinite Consciousness; the unbound subject which unites us all.” -Deborah A. Goudreault

Original Artist's Statement

“All of this visible universe has come out of the void; as one Causal Force sounding through elemental forces, and as subtle energies concentrating and evolving in density into objective matter and the structures of our reality. I follow the Light back, toward the Source. I follow it reverently, where visible nature opens up its subtle dimensions, and from the bridge within I cross the boundaries of the finite and enter the matrix of existence. I work within the seeming paradox that Infinity is accessible from within the self and sings from the heart of all Nature. With senses withdrawn and my perception refined and strengthened by inner capacities, I see through a lens of intuitive sensibility in which natural spaces reveal their unbound worlds; multidimensional spectrums, mesmerizing and transcendent, pure in essence, and radiant in their truth.  I have become a receiver of images, not given to be viewed in the frames of past conditioning, but to be surrendered to. I give them back in return, inviting others to surrender their own conditioned preconceptions, and to be guided through these images of outer nature to that bridge of expanding awareness within, back to the Light which ultimately reveals the Infinite nature and unlimited potential of the Self.

I work through the mediums of Photography and what I have termed Perceptive Sculpture; an engagement with compelling intuitively perceived figurative sculptures that make more tangible and conceivable the infinitely creative Cosmic Energy and Intelligence networked throughout Nature and all humanity. Their portrayal of a cosmic presence or Consciousness in Nature challenges and transcends the conditioned limits of our outer sensory perceived world of matter and the self. Each Light Mind Image is a portal that opens the mind to a space where one may conceive of life beyond its current boundaries, and a more unlimited awareness, human identity and potential. They serve the idea that when you cultivate more unlimited perception, you cultivate more unlimited possibilities; feeding the stream of human advancement and seeding the mind as the platform for the next phase of human evolution which we will be driven by a desire not just for more advanced technologies, but to answer “how do we climb beyond the known limits of matter and activate a self-interfaced, universally networked human totality?” Their unique inter-dimensional forms do not arise from imagination, contrived staging, or intellect. Neither are they the work of physical hands, rather manifest of a mind that continues to cultivate an inner awareness and perception of space that is freer from the limits of known forms, finite theories of matter, and a reality framed by physical sensory data alone. Everything I perceive and project in images is direct and real, even though it may seem in comparison to our conditioned view of life to be mysterious, unfamiliar, and somehow cosmically aligned. I see the vastness of universal space and all its entwined dimensions everywhere in nature, even in the self.  Allowing the mystery of our human existence and a connection to a greater network of Energy and Intelligence to unfold beyond our conditioned knowledge and physical sensory experience is a mental and creative practice I have spent a lifetime refining, and it continues to refine me in the process. All the treasures of a more advanced human totality, like the gold and diamonds of Earth, are buried and hidden. Where there is mystery, there is the hope and possibility of new, more unlimited experience, knowledge, and mastery.  Where you feel mystery in Light Mind Images, there is within that a concentrated impetus to penetrate more deeply and gain new insight into something yet unknown or unfathomable. If the mind lets go of its duality for a moment to receive it, each image translates a frequency of energy and understanding which draws us from mystery to curiosity, to question, to deeper study and to eventual expansion and mastery of a more wholly integrated and potentiated self. In what may seem mysterious forms and relationships, Light Mind Images reflect the Light and resonance of one with the courage and confidence to continue to dig, who carries the Light of a few raw, not yet fully polished jewels, and some indication of where and how to look. If you feel mystery in my images, it is not because I need to claim and hold secret some special access to a clearer perception of Nature and our own human nature.  It is a call to each of us to demystify and open up the flow of more universally networked experience within ourselves.

Abstraction in art remains relevant and essential as it continues to break our minds of preconceived patterns but can also leave viewers ungrounded in the vastness of the primordial without a realizable connection to known matter.  I consider my work as a bridge between the two; an art of Convergent Realism which follows a tangible pathway through known forms in Nature to the network operating between matter and the primordial forces of manifestation. It is a bridge that once experienced, viewers may then seek to discover within their own selves and become active parts of unveiling the potentialities of Light and Intelligence universally networked within our human totality. Today we must be ready to molt our old patterns and free ourselves from long spun webs of limiting ideas for a more potentiating experience of Nature and our human totality. My images are “real” photographs of Nature, but more interoception or inner sensed than physically sensed perception, and as such challenge accepted preconceptions of Nature and the self and give experiencers an opportunity and space to question their physical senses, the patterned knowledge of what others are telling them, and open themselves to the possibilities of a more unlimited awareness within. Light Mind Images and writings serve to prepare our minds for a future where unfathomed mysteries will be revealed in rapidly evolving new forms, new terrains and new relationships to time, space, and each other.  They are made to inspire us all to evolve greater understanding of our universal connectedness and to strengthen our capacity to integrate new experiences fearlessly, creatively and productively into a more harmonized multidimensional reality. They may not satisfy those seeking art as cultural entertainment, or to reinforce familiar forms, shock and stimulate the emotions, carry the sword of some socio-political agenda, or project a view of the world on the razors edge of destructive conflict and chaos, but there is plenty of that out there to consume.  My work is a constant endeavor to carry the Light with honesty and integrity, connect people with their own uncultivated seeds of awareness, and nurture in them an experience of a greater totality which will ultimately help elevate and transform our minds and human potential.” -Deborah A. Goudreault