The word Ösel is Tibetan and means clear light or luminosity. The title of this work comes from a dream I had many years ago in which I heard someone say Ösel of my eye…  At the time, I had no idea what the word meant. I’ve been taking photos, looking at the world, reading, meditating, and following a contemplative way ever since. These photocollages represent some of my research into discovering this meaning, within me and without me. The stereocollages are the result of using a modified analog 3D camera-- along with both random and intentional montage-- to capture those everyday synchronistic happenings that occur around me and within me in relation to my study and practice of contemplative philosophy as a liberative technique. During the photo-making, I am trying to see the world with a view of mind that is resting in naked awareness, unadorned by my preconceptions or expectations- for that reason I prefer defunct cameras that are broken and damaged so they can't force an institutionalized or willful structure into the exposures. Reusing older equipment, formats, and materials also fits within my ethical desire to not waste what has already been made and to avoid causing more damage to the earth. Later, when I make the collages, compositing and assembling come to me from the many things I am reading and thinking about while studying spiritulity, religion and occult philosophies. The titles are an integral part of the collaged images, making each piece a visual-poem reflecting what I feel is behind what we see in our everyday lives, the intagible luminecent substace that is pushing things out into the world and that makes our vision happen.