Self-Portrait, 2025

Self-Portrait, 2025 revisits the simplified likeness established in 2023. The dark glasses remain as both shield and signal, while the solid hair is replaced by a living field of noise.

The shifting texture reflects WJP’s evolving relationship with decentralization and distributed systems. The noise also reflects the crowded interior of WJP’s mind: overlapping ideas, unfinished work, and an obsessive drive to make things that matter. Identity is no longer presented as fixed or singular, but as fluid, mutable, and shaped through participation in larger networks.

The portrait marks a moment when these systems became inseparable from WJP’s artistic practice. Its form remains recognizable but never fully settles.