This artwork is a visual and poetic exploration of identity, intuition, and elemental belonging. It began with a central question around purpose and place, which was first expressed through a written poem titled In My Elements. The painting was developed over several months as an attempt to translate the internal state evoked by the poem into a visual form.
The process unfolded in phases, allowing for intuitive layering, symbolic detailing, and emotional resonance. The piece integrates written language, visual symbolism, and voice to reflect a holistic state of presence and alignment with my inner nature.
This work marks a complete cycle of inquiry, creation, and offering.
poem: In My Elements
Residing in life.
Residing in her elements.
Residing in my elements.
Residing in water,
in the ripples of my existence.
Residing in earth,
in the soil of my soul,
in the seedbed of my body,
in the grains of my flesh,
& the texture of my skin.
Residing in the warmth of the sun,
in the particles of my blood.
Residing in the wind,
in the stillness within movement.
Residing in her elements.
Residing in my elements.
Residing in water,
in the ripples of my existence.
Residing in earth,
in the soil of my soul,
in the seedbed of my body,
in the grains of my flesh,
& the texture of my skin.
Residing in the warmth of the sun,
in the particles of my blood.
Residing in the wind,
in the stillness within movement.
I am your body made manifest.
I am your unspoken voice.
I am your truth undivided.
I am your waters untamed.
I am your reflection unshadowed.
I am the witness residing in the stillness of sight.
I am the steadfast soul in the river of time.
I am your unspoken voice.
I am your truth undivided.
I am your waters untamed.
I am your reflection unshadowed.
I am the witness residing in the stillness of sight.
I am the steadfast soul in the river of time.
In you, I am found,
& to you, I belong.
It is you I’ve always known,
& to you, I long.
In you, I find solace.
I reside in you.
I reside with you.
I belong to you.
& to you, I belong.
It is you I’ve always known,
& to you, I long.
In you, I find solace.
I reside in you.
I reside with you.
I belong to you.
In your water, I unveiled my calling—
to reemerge, fully, into myself,
to dwell in the ocean of my being,
to recall myself,
to reemerge, fully, into myself,
to dwell in the ocean of my being,
to recall myself,
to remember myself into presence,
to reimagine myself,
to experience myself,
to bear my soul’s expression,
to belong to myself,
to contain myself,
to come back to myself,
over & over again.
to reimagine myself,
to experience myself,
to bear my soul’s expression,
to belong to myself,
to contain myself,
to come back to myself,
over & over again.
