He initially saw Ramakrishna's ecstasies and visions as "mere figments of imagination" and "hallucinations". It is left ambiguous whether these are real ghosts or figments of Tommy's imagination. As it turns out, Slater and Sam are both figments of Kevin's imagination. The buildings in his paintings are figments of his imagination or based on real building. It was also revealed that the "special" patients were figments of Arkham's imagination. This book dovetails with other books written by the Cohen-Stewart team, particularly "Figments of Reality". Both Calgacus and the speech may be figments of Tacitus's invention. In 2002, Fig completed his first solo record, "Figments". "Figments" received an Earshot Golden Ear Award as the "Northwest Jazz Recording of the Year". Figments of Experience is a collection of short stories by Gopal Baratham.