Hypnagogia

Hypnagogia emerged from the music I wrote for an adaptation of Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. In some scenes, Dorian acts as if he hears the painting's voice telling him to do things. Therefore, I created a track with whispers that was used in the play and reused that same track for this piece, combined with electronic sound. Initially, I titled the piece Schizophrenia, but then I realized that perhaps it could be hurtful to people who suffer from this disorder, so I changed it to Hypnagogia, the transition between wakefulness and sleep, during which it's common to experience some forms of hallucinations.