Consciousness Resides in Geometry

Consciousness Resides in Geometry is a body of work that involves aspects of unseen plant initiations which informs Tanya’s energetic drawings.

“The Earth is alive and contains the knowledge you seek. It is your consciousness that determines what it reveals.” – Barabara Marciniak

This work takes inspiration from a visit to the Shipibo tribe in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest in 2014. After thousands of years, the Shipibo have been practising a custom of plant initiations. This involves cleansing out the body, followed by a period of isolation and fasting while ingesting a plant elixir in order to receive healing and insights from a plant. The Shipibo often compose songs during this time, which they then translate into colourful geometric tapestries.

When she returned, Tanya started initiating her own native Irish plant diets with plants growing around her house. Using a device, which measures the electrical variance of a plant, she recorded the ‘song’ of each of these plants. Each geometric drawing represents a new belief that each plant inspired to re-pattern within her. For example, the Elder plant taught her that her outer reality is a reflection of her inner reality, which she visualised in her drawing.