Rose: Unfixed
The rose has never held a single meaning. It has symbolized love, power, secrecy, rebellion — each era reshaping it to reflect its own desires. Identity functions the same way. It shifts across time, culture, and perception. What is assigned to us is never fixed. Interpretation evolves. Use evolves. Value…
Difficulty of Becoming
The Difficulty of Becoming explores growth as a process shaped by resistance rather than ease.The tangled, organic forms reflect a state of tension where transformation is not smooth, but pressured and unresolved.Through layered texture and contrasting color, the work captures the complexity of becoming—where expansion and struggle exist simultaneously.
Smiling Forever
There comes a time when the smile wasn’t this wide.But slowly—sometimes unknowingly, sometimes knowingly—it keeps growing, becoming wider as the pain sinks in. No one sees through it. It is taken as real.The smile does what it is meant to—it becomes a mask of strength. It may come from denial,…
Can’t Say NO
When boundaries are not set because others’ emotions are valued above one’s own, the inner voice keeps urging to say “No”, yet the word never comes out. Despite the resistance within, the answer eventually lands as “Yes!”.
Suffocating Adjustment
Society, relationships, beliefs, or any surrounding influence often demand adaptation at any cost. Encouragement to reshape to fit systems, environments, or roles that demand conformity. Yet this adjustment can become suffocating, a slow erosion of identity where survival depends on bending rather than breathing. What’s the inherited habit of compliance?…