Damiens Blog from Whereverland

Horizon - Total Isolation - “For the first time in 40 years Horizon re-creates a controversial sensory deprivation experiment. Six ordinary people are led to a nuclear bunker and left alone for 48 hours. Three subjects are abandoned in dark, isolated sound-proofed rooms. The other three are given goggles and foam cuffs, while white noise is piped into their ears.”

More than 20,000 people are kept in solitary confinement in the US, alone.

Where happens in their mind?

How do people deal with this in their own unique ways?

How do they not deal with it?

How would you, yourself, cope in this kind of experience ... or could you?

Total Isolation Documentary

You will become the crucible of transmutation when you are completely and utterly in touch with the core of your own emptiness. At the exact moment you will understand that everything comes from that emptiness and by being at one with the emptiness you will be able to transmute all things that come from it, for you will be able to shape the emptiness into what ever form you wish it to take. For you will understand the relationship of emptiness to form.

That is the pure state of the Alchemist.

Am I a coward? 

For almost two years now, I have nibbled at a certain project idea but never actually bitten in to it. On a deep intuitive level, I know that this project would produce some of the best photography work I have even created. I also know that the raw, primal energy that would flow through the results would be absolutely delicious.

Why am I hesitating?

Well, the first excuse I have is knowing how difficult it would be to find a model with a strong enough personality and deep enough desire to dive into this thing. Models are actually like everyone else to a large degree. They have insecurities and need-for-approval like the rest of us. Yet, I know there are those... different...

Also, the investment of time and energy on my side would be huge. It would take so much focus for me to pull this off in a pure, potent form. But god would it be a rush!

Maybe...