Psychedelia is a series of images that make an attempt to draw our audience's attention towards existential circumstances in our society where in an alarming number of people across the globe today are possessed by their want to own "things" that bring to them a superficial sense of gratification that is short lived followed by long phases of depression.
Possessed by wants and desires around us, knowing not what we want within.
Accumulating more than what can be seen, until it can be felt.
Obsessed with more, neglecting the infinite.
Waiting for the next wave of happy, while a tsunami of realisations builds up
Stopping to smell the roses, but what is the fragrance of plastic?
Inhaling, only.
Suffocating, refusing to exhale...to...let ...go.
Hiding natural hues with shades of an artificial mind
Piles of bags with things, making a burden that breaks.
Heels that snap, when knees refuse to bend.
When the sounds of silence get muted, by the silence of sounds.
Switching on lights, yet basking in shadows.
With everything, without anyone.
Who has not seen shopping bags sway, but has anybody witnessed them tear.
We accumulate, we hoard, we possess. And then get possessed.
What we claim to own, ultimately owns us.
Mankind's rush to possess material objects has blinded the race into a thirst that forces accumulation without introspection.
Studies show that people who made money and possessions a priority generally experienced more unpleasant emotions, physical ailments like headaches and stomachaches, and less satisfaction.
Satisfying desires before needs.
Filling a void, creating a vacuum.
In a psychedelic kind of manner.
Materialistic values are associated with living life in ways that do a relatively poor job of satisfying psychological needs, related to feeling free, competent, and connected to others. They may create temporary moments of happiness but if left unchecked, can evade us from an eternal bliss. That's the call we need to take.
Short bursts of highs with long phases of depression.