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A silent protagonist explores the entheogen Dimethyltryptamine in this animated, allegoric depiction of the mechanisms society has to damage and abstract the self.

A silent protagonist explores the entheogen Dimethyltryptamine in this animated, allegoric depiction of the mechanisms society has to damage and abstract the self.—Anonymous

Introspection depicts the abstract space of consciousness, which all individuals explore. In this case, to improve the translation of this space into the visual medium, self-exploration is propagated through the entheogen, Dimethyltryptamine. The way that society operates puts many barriers between the individual and an understanding of themselves, and the narrative of Introspection serves as an allegory to this. Expectations from the recreational context the drug is ingested in, mean that little of the entheogenic, transcendental quality of the experience is found to be salient. The sets communicate the contrast between the material existence and introspective spaces. Once the protagonist begins hallucinating, the set design and narrative become a dynamic of his affective state. Neurocognitive film theory paradigms (e.g. PECMA flow, meta-emotive theory) are employed to elicit congruent affective states in the audience, with divisive use of simple shapes, symmetry and incoherent spaces being exemplary of this.