In the early 2000s, while living in New York City and New Mexico, Benefiel created the "Random Numeric Repeater" series of ink and watercolour on paper using what he described as a "dumb language", a random sequence of dots, circles, and dashes. Each symbol represents a corresponding numeral and sound that he made when creating the drawings. Later, Benefiel returned to his home state of California after residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for five years where he had created and managed The Loom, a multi-use building that incorporated light manufacturing and artists studios into a 250,000 square foot former factory. While living in San Diego, Benefiel had two massive cardiac arrests six months apart and suffered extensive brain damage due to hypoxia, a lack of oxygen to the brain. Benefiel suffered from extensive aphasia, short term and long term memory loss, and lost his skills of visualization and hand eye coordination required for his drawing technique. Due to these disabilities, Benefiel required a long program of rehabilitation to recover many of these cognitive skills that were devastated by these near death experiences . He also began practicing Vipassana meditation to help rebuild  neural pathways that were harmed by the Hypoxia he had suffered . He now lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico where he is beginning to explore incorporating art back into his life as a form of spiritual URL
In the early 2000s, while living in New York City and New Mexico, Benefiel created the "Random Numeric Repeater" series of ink and watercolour on paper using what he described as a "dumb language", a random sequence of dots, circles, and dashes. Each symbol represents a corresponding numeral and sound that he made when creating the drawings. Later, Benefiel returned to his home state of California after residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for five years where he had created and managed The Loom, a multi-use building that incorporated light manufacturing and artist's studios into a 250,000 square foot former factory. While living in San Diego, Benefiel had two massive cardiac arrests six months apart and suffered extensive brain damage due to hypoxia, a lack of oxygen to the brain. Benefiel suffered from extensive aphasia, the loss of his short and long term memory , and the skills of visualization and hand eye coordination required for his drawing technique. Due to these disabilities, Benefiel required a long program of rehabilitation to recover many of these cognitive skills that were devastated by these events . He also began practicing Vipassana meditation to help rebuild the neural pathways that were harmed by the Hypoxia . He now lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico where he is beginning to explore incorporating art back into his life as a form of spiritual URL
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