The Darkroom of the Mind A darkened studio in Munich holds the silence of a tomb. Inside, Edgar Karl Alfons Ende sits or lies in total obscurity, waiting. He does not seek light; he seeks the absence of it. This is his ritual. To capture what he calls pre-logical visions, he must first empty his consciousness. In this void, motifs begin to stir. He uses a pencil specially constructed with a small attached light, a tiny spark in the gl…