SYMBOL
Visual language emerging within The Tiger Experiment.
This section explores the symbols, images, and visual forms that arise from the ongoing process of the experiment — fragments of iconography, digital compositions, and symbolic motifs that begin to give shape to the project’s internal mythology.
These works are not presented as finished pieces or conventional artworks. They are documentation of visual language in formation — moments where ideas, identity, and archetype begin to take visible form.
Within The Tiger Experiment, symbols function as a bridge between inner experience and shared meaning — a way for concepts, instincts, and narratives to become visible.
2026, January
Original concept art for the “I Am Tiger” project cover artwork.
AI generated inspiration for some of my sketch work pieces. Here I collaborate with AI to provide me with ideas for an art piece that I intend to sketch.
2026, January
‘We Are One’ - BCE
Created January 11, 2026
This reflection is preserved as part of the evolving timeline of The Tiger Experiment and remains close to the voice and meaning it held when it was first written.
The eyes and some of the facial features of a tiger-like big cat can be spotted in the top right corner. As the face of the big cat tapers to the nose, there begins to be a shift in the familiarity of a big cat face to the shape of a brown paw print. This paw print has circular toe bean prints with green leafy plant-like extensions coming from the tips of each toe bean. These green leafy plant-like extensions come off the toes in the shape of curved claws, much like one might associate with the claws of a big cat. The contrast of the brown paw print and the green leafy claw-like extensions is representative of the Earth and trees that make up our ecosystem. The brown paw pad is the point of contact with the ground, a reminder of our inescapable connection with our planet. There are also yellow rays radiating outward from the paw prints, which gives the impression of life-giving sunlight. The backdrop to all of this is a blue background that gives the relaxing feeling of a calm, blue sky. The feline creature is connected with all other life on the planet, and that life is connected to it.
We arise from the Earth and we will return to the Earth. Creating meaning along the way is so core to my beliefs in life. I am constantly in awe of the beauty in our world and within human beings. For all the bad, there is so much potential for good.
Appreciating the impermanence of life and consciousness as we know it is the key to true acceptance. True acceptance is what ultimately brings true security for Self. The big cat imagery is resonant with the meaning I create for myself as I continue to learn how to welcome and appreciate this life I have been given by my mother, father, and all those who have come before me.
2026, January
‘The eleven Principles’ – Tiger (BCE)
Originally created in December 2025, this drawing represents a living framework that has emerged through reflection, community, and lived experience.
At the foundation are the roots labeled Consent, which serve as the grounding Principle from which all others grow. In this framework, Consent serves as the foundation that allows the other Principles to function ethically and sustainably. .
Within The Tiger Experiment, this image represents a simple idea: culture grows from the values we choose to embody.
“Culture grows where values are lived.”
BCE logo art
2026, February
2026, March
BCE logo art for announcements and events
2026, March
‘I Was Here’ - Tiger (BCE)
A tree sits upon the slope of a grassy hill. The emptiness of the negative space to the right of the tree is intended to give room for the scratch marks to breathe and an invitation for the viewer’s attention to drift naturally to the claw marks on the tree trunk. Our existence is fleeting. We reach for immortality by leaving our mark on the world. Much like a Tiger might leave its mark on a tree, saying “I Was Here”. What mark, if any, do you want to leave on our world?
2026, March
Untitled Work - BCE
Experimenting with directionality of pencil strokes.
