As Above, So Within is shaped by the belief that the boundary between inner and outer worlds is an illusion. It draws inspiration from Attar’s 12th-century Persian poem The Conference of the Birds, in which the birds journey in search of the Simurgh, only to discover that what they sought was already reflected within themselves. The sculpture takes from this idea that the search for meaning, wholeness, and transcendence is also a search for self.

The Mandelbulb was chosen as a fractal form that repeats across scales, suggesting that the same underlying order appears in the cosmos, nature and the self. It reflects the universe not as something separate from us, but as something echoed within us.

Through recursive geometry and shifting light, the sculpture evokes a contemplative atmosphere resonant with Persian architecture, where repetition and illumination draw the mind inward. As Above, So Within proposes that what we seek in the universe may also be found within ourselves."

As Above So Within

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