“Mantra Amplifier.” All images Tanya P. Johnson, shared with permission
Conveying the “texture of a threshold,” the mixed-media drawings that comprise Tanya P. Johnson’s ongoing Wisdom Engines series invoke passing between wakefulness and sleep or life and death. Mirrored renderings entwine gears, levers, pulleys, and audio equipment with flowers and geometric motifs in elongated columns, referencing the shape of the human spine. The bisected works reflect both a connection between entities and finding balance through somatic experiences and symmetries.
Drawn on vintage ledger paper, the pieces are “tools for consciousness hacking,” Johnson says, instruments for confronting the systems we’re accustomed to. Each work “generates subtle awareness, cultivates wisdom, and wicks fear. They symbolize the ways movement and breath can be used to interrupt patterns, to strengthen electromagnetism, and to stabilize energy.”
Living between British Columbia and her native Cape Town, Johnson works across media, and you can find more of her projects on her site and Instagram.
“Boundlessness”
“Wisdom Engine”
“Whale Prana”
“Folding Time”
“Morning Call”
“Threshold”
“Making Radiance”
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