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    Project Research  



PHASE 1. Research Process
01 Research Archive
I built a research archive to document how my five senses respond to traditional belief systems (Buddhism).

I extracted and organized visual elements from sensory impressions, symbols, and rituals—forming the foundation of the project’s visual system.





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02 Key Concepts
Each concept was translated into a visual experiment, forming the structural vocabulary for the project system.


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PHASE 2. Visual Worldbuilding

0 1 Camera Obscura as Method

I use Camera Obscura as a metaphorical device—reversing it so thoughts project outward, making internal belief visible.

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02 Hourglass Form
The hourglass expresses how information moves through belief, transforming as it flows between inner and outer worlds.


03 Time / Space / Existence Visual System
I mapped the behavior of time, space, and existence into three visual principles: Superposition, Flow, and Circulation.








PHASE 3. What-If Exploration

01 What if… belief was a material filter?
- The world becomes shaped by internal logic.
02 What if… a camera could project consciousness?
- Thoughts turn into visible artifacts.
03 What if… time stopped inside the lens?
- Perception freezes into a suspended image.




PHASE 4. Narrative of Perception


—— Stream-of-Consciousness Journaling
To clarify the conceptual structure of the project, I kept a daily stream-of-consciousness journal.

These unfiltered writings captured raw emotions, images, and intuitive thoughts, which gradually formed a traceable logic for the project. The practice became a personal “perception archive,” serving as the narrative foundation for the later fiction writing and the overall belief-system framework.






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