Hypnagogia is the experience of the transitional state from wakefulness to sleep. Mental phenomena that may occur during this "threshold consciousness" phase include hallucinations, lucid thought, lucid dreaming, and sleep paralysis.

Phosphenes, the entoptic hallucinations, that manifest during hypnagogia appear to the visual cortex as geometric patterns and seemingly archetypal forms. This work raises the question of whether these are learned patterns or inherent in the mind itself.

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Some drawings may be slow, some fast. Be patient and find the right hallucination.

Done during sleepless nights with p5.js Simone "OuterSilent" Ferrari | @outertales | December 2022