Tim_the_Sleeper

My name is Tim. Why do I add the "Sleeper" part? Quite simply because I have narcolepsy, and this condition very much affects not just how I live my life, but also how and why I make art. Narcolepsy was the fork in my road. I've lived with it now for over 20 years, & it will be with me until I die. Narcolepsy took from me many things - working, driving, social contacts. Instead it gives me: shifting consciousness, hallucinations, & memory problems. My experience of reality itself is quite literally altered. I do not process information, memory, emotion in ways that that are typical. I am isolated from society by my very existence. At very least, this gives me a pretty unusual perspective. The liminality of consciousness fascinates me. The blurred edges, where reality is not quite one thing or the other. I am forced to adapt to navigating these murky waters. My experiences with that are the source inspiration for my artwork. Sometimes that art is abstract, sometimes not. Photography interests me. I dabble with more traditional mark making methods. I'm also intrigued by the artistic possibilities of on chain requirements. However, I prefer not to involve with text generated AI, preferring to explore my own visual impulses. One thing I am trying to explore is that sometimes small things, forgotten & overlooked things, can have equal claim to exist & to thrive: to be recorded & validated as a fragment of the total human experience. My art is a visual language that I am attempting to learn & use simultaneously. It communicates as clearly as I am able things I've felt to be true about life. I would hope you may experience something by contemplation of my art pieces in isolation. I would hope even more so you may learn something deeper by experience of the wider body. That, however, would be for the viewer to attest. Tim_the_Sleeper