REVAARMISMO

Art, chaos and the psychology of perception

What is Revaarmismo?

Revaarmismo is an artistic movement grounded in psychological principles and conceptually supported by chaos theory. It begins with the idea that chaos is not disorder, but the visible expression of an internal structure the psyche already recognizes. The Revarmist uses controlled instability to reveal the hidden frameworks that shape human perception.

 

FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES

 

Chaos is instinctive internal order.

Small variations can trigger major perceptual and emotional shifts.

Art is not decoration. It interrupts automatic perception.

The artwork must carry intention, emotional truth and psychological weight.

Any culture, era or symbol may be used if it transforms the viewer’s inner experience.

 

THE ROLE OF THE EYE

 

The eye is the central emotional instrument in Revaarmismo.

A slight change in the eyelid, the openness of the gaze, the depth of the pupil or the direction of the look can completely shift the emotional atmosphere of the image. These details influence whether the viewer feels observed, protected or unsettled, and they shape the psychological narrative that emerges from the artwork.

 

Small changes in the eye activate implicit memory, emotional patterns and inherited psychological reactions.

The eye is both symbol and mechanism, the place where perception begins to destabilize and revelation begins.

 

 

CHAOS THEORY AS CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Revaarmismo draws conceptually from chaos theory.
Chaos theory studies systems in which very small changes can lead to large and sometimes unpredictable outcomes. In these systems, order often hides inside what appears chaotic and patterns can be found across different scales.

 

This perspective supports the idea that subtle artistic alterations can move through the viewer’s perception and unlock deeper psychological and emotional layers.

 

 

PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS

 

 

The movement is rooted in principles from psychology. These include implicit memory, unconscious conditioning, emotional association and the recognition of patterns in perception.

 

Art can bring to the surface emotions and memories that the viewer has never put into words. Through symbol, distortion and emotional tension, Revaarmismo activates these hidden layers and brings them into awareness.

 

 

GENERATIONAL AND CULTURAL INHERITANCE

Human beings inherit more than biology.

We inherit fears, beliefs, emotional reactions, cultural expectations and internal narratives.

 

A reaction that started in the life of an ancestor can be repeated, taught and reinforced through many generations. With time it becomes part of our instinctive landscape and feels as if it has always been there. This is not genetic memory. It is psychological legacy.

Revaarmismo exposes these inherited structures and shows how the past continues to shape the present in silence.

 

 

ARTISTIC METHOD: CONTROLLED INSTABILITY

 

 

Revaarmismo works through controlled instability. It shifts familiar symbols just enough to disturb comfort without destroying recognition.

 

This method reveals cultural conditioning, emotional habits, internal biases and generational patterns. The artwork becomes a catalyst, a small disturbance that can transform the viewer’s internal state.

 

 

 

GLOW IN THE DARK: THE CONCEPTUAL LOGIC

 

This is the conceptual logic behind how I use glow in the dark, many works exist in two parallel states. The visible layer is intense, unsettling and emotionally charged. The glow in the dark layer comforts the viewer rather than amplifying any discomfort. It acts as an amulet, a protective presence that returns the image in a calmer and more gentle form. This dual structure reflects the psychological balance in Revaarmismo between confrontation and reassurance, and between chaos and internal order.

 

 

ACADEMIC BASIS

 

The conceptual and psychological ideas behind Revaarmismo are consistent with research in psychology, neuroscience, aesthetics and complexity science.

 

Central claims of Revaarmismo

 

  1. Subtle changes in symbols, colour and composition can shift perception and emotional response.
  2. Art can activate implicit memory and unconscious material, including personal and generational patterns.
  3. Visual chaos, when it is controlled, reveals internal structure instead of destroying it.
  4. Repeated exposure to certain patterns and symbols can change how safe, tense or “seen” a viewer feels.

 

 

Where the studies come from

 

Research that supports these claims can be found in peer reviewed work on:

 

  • Perception and emotion in images and film
    Studies of colour, brightness and framing show that small visual shifts change the intensity and type of emotion people report when they look at images, film scenes or comics.
  • Implicit memory, priming and art
    Experiments on visual priming and museum learning show that very brief or subtle visual cues can influence later judgments, liking of artworks and even how people learn from an exhibition, without conscious awareness.
  • Chaos, fractals and visual complexity
    Work in complexity science and aesthetics shows that people often prefer patterns with mid level complexity, especially fractal patterns similar to those in nature. These structures reduce stress and are processed more fluently by the visual system.
  • Intergenerational trauma and psychological inheritance
    Research in clinical psychology and epigenetics describes how trauma and emotional patterns can be transmitted across generations through both biology and family behaviour. These patterns act like psychological inheritances that can be triggered by symbolic images.

 

 

Revaarmismo does not claim to be a scientific theory. It is an artistic and philosophical framework built in dialogue with current research rather than against it. The movement uses these findings as a conceptual backbone for how its images are composed, and how they aim to interact with memory, emotion and unconscious patterning.

Suggested reading behind Revaarmismo

 

  1. Elliot, A. & Maier, M. (2014)
    Color and psychological functioning. Psychological Bulletin.
    How colour and context influence motivation, attention and emotion.
  2. Yao, C. et al. (2022)
    Visual performance of painting colors based on psychological factors. Frontiers in Psychology.
    Uses famous paintings to show how colour choices change perception and emotional response.
  3. Taylor, R. P. (2021)
    The potential of biophilic fractal designs to promote sustainable built environments. Sustainability.
    Shows that mid level fractal patterns are processed more fluently and can reduce stress.
  4. Banzi, A. (2013)
    Learning by Looking. The case for visual perceptual repetition and priming.
    Explains how repeated visual cues and priming in museums affect what visitors notice and remember.
  5. Yehuda, R. et al. (2018)
    Intergenerational transmission of trauma effects: putative role of epigenetic mechanisms.
    European Journal of Psychotraumatology.
    Describes how trauma related patterns can be transmitted across generations.

 

NAME AND ORIGIN

 

 

The name Revaarmismo comes from the word reverie, the drifting state of a daydream, combined with Vaarmi, the artist’s signature.

 

In everyday language, people who want peace, love and meaningful change are often dismissed as daydreamers, as if they were naive or disconnected from reality. Revaarmismo reverses this idea. In this movement, the person who is called a daydreamer is the one who is actually awake.

 

My reverie is where I see what is missing in the world and what hurts in it. My daydreaming becomes a waking dream for others. What begins as an inner reverie, shaped by desires, visions, pain, fears, wounds and unspoken memories, becomes an image that can awaken people who are still asleep and unaware of these emotional structures. Many of them remain loyal to a system that was never created for their wellbeing.

 

Revaarmismo treats reverie not as escapism but as clarity. It is the first step toward awakening.

 

WHY REVAAARMISMO MATTERS TODAY

 

 

We live surrounded by inherited fears, cultural conditioning, emotional exhaustion and constant noise in perception. Fear, money and status pull people away from the real meaning of art. In this context, art is often fetishized. It is treated as a luxury object or a marker of prestige, and many works are valued more for how well they signal wealth or taste on a wall than for what they actually do inside the person who looks at them.

 

Revaarmismo intervenes in that landscape. It brings art back to what truly matters, which is the artist, their feelings and the way they see the world. We need this because artists see the world fully, painfully and beautifully real. Revaarmismo shifts the focus from how art looks from the outside to what it awakens on the inside.

 

It offers clarity through disruption, emotional truth through symbol, awakening through discomfort, protection through luminous calm and a new understanding of chaos as internal order. Revaarmismo is not only a style. It is a way of seeing, a way of revealing and a way of waking up from systems that keep people asleep.