The seahorse, reimagined as a fluid, cloud-like entity, carries a deeper metaphysical weight. Traditionally a symbol of imagination, fluidity, and dreamlike perception, it becomes here a vessel of transition between states of consciousness, between what is seen and what is felt. Its mirrored duplication suggests a mind caught between parallel realities, unable to resolve which one is true. Alice herself, long associated with altered perception and symbolic journeys through the subconscious, appears faceless her identity concealed beneath a crystalline mask. She is no longer a character, but a condition: a state of hallucination. Above, on both the left and right sides, geometric knot structures personally designed by the artist act as anchors within the chaos. These forms introduce a sense of calculated order, yet their repetition reinforces the illusion of control rather than its existence. Embedded within the composition is the molecular formula C20H25N3O, referencing LSD, first synthesized by Albert Hofmann. This element is not used literally, but symbolically as a marker of perceptual distortion, of the fragile boundary between reality and hallucination. This work exists at the edge of coherence where symmetry deceives, identity dissolves, and perception can no longer be trusted.
