This work reflects on the quiet ways life redirects us. We often imagine love, purpose, and happiness following a path we carefully planned, yet the moments that shape us most rarely arrive on schedule. unexpected endings can feel like detours, but they also invite us to become someone we could not have been otherwise. In letting go of what we thought was meant for us, we make space for possibilities beyond our imagination.
Like a forest renewed after fire, some things must first break apart so new life can take root. What appears to be an ending may instead be the beginning of a more meaningful journey, reminding us that loss is not always the opposite of fulfillment. Sometimes the most extraordinary chapters of our lives begin where our plans come to an end.
“The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus
Garden of flames, enter if you dare
but beware once you burn there is no return...
...for even when the flame goes out, embers will remain aglow,
whispering for your soul to return to the warmth it got to know.
"There is no coming to consciousness without pain."
-c.g. jung
Serendipity (in progress) Spray paint, oil, acrylic
“Life takes us to unexpected places sometimes. The future is never set in stone, remember that.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus
i won't hurt you
blurred view
dark time - artist's way
invisible strings - The Fountainhead
the alchemist
diary of an oxygen thief
bibliography:
Anonymous. Diary of an oxygen theif.
Coelho, Paulo. The Alchemist.
MOrgenstern, erin. the night circus.
Nicholls, David. One Day.
Kuang, R. F. Katabasis.
Plato. The Symposium.
Rand, Ayn. The Fountainead.
jenkins, taylor reid. Daisy Jones and the six.
