This piece by Steve Halay presents a surreal, dreamlike meditation on the unconscious mind. The dominant forms—resembling abstract mushroom caps—are not merely botanical; they are symbolic closed eyelids, soft and rounded like sleeping thoughts. These repeated shapes drift across the composition like passive witnesses, emphasizing a state of mental dormancy, where emotions and visions surface without command or control.

The color palette is restrained yet emotionally potent—blush pinks and muted ochres drift under chaotic black linework, suggesting the tension between inner calm and the noisy subconscious. The central figures, layered with thicker, darker strokes, feel more embodied, as if the unconscious is attempting to form identities or memories beneath the surface.

There is rhythm here—an echo of quiet mental loops, forgotten memories, and unresolved feelings replaying behind shut lids. As with much of Halay’s work, themes of surveillance, presence, and perception linger—yet here, it’s the self doing the watching, silently, from within.

This is not just abstraction; it is submersion—into the invisible architecture of the psyche.