Imán Eye of the Hippo – Gaze Collection

This deep, unreadable gaze belongs to a hippo— ancient, powerful, half water and half shadow. A quiet giant whose stillness hides immense force beneath. Before forms, before names, before the world separated itself into “human,” “animal,” “forest,” “sky,” and “sea”— there was only one Life. One breath. One luminous consciousness moving through all beings. Every creature carries a fragment of that origin. And the eyes—clear, unguarded, unmasked— are the places where that ancient light still shines. The Gaze Collection was born from this understanding. Not as a study of animals, but as a study of the soul within all forms. When you look into these eyes— you are really meeting parts of yourself. Parts you once knew, and perhaps have forgotten.