Medium - Canvas , Subject - Portrait , Style - Symbolism , Artwork Type - Acrylic
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Description
The figure carries calm only on the outside. Inside is tension that cannot be silenced. The stitches are not decoration. They are traces of an effort to maintain shape at the moment when everything is falling apart. They hold together what would otherwise be torn. The red collar is not a sign of the other s power. It is a reminder of the power of emotions over us. Shackles we often put on ourselves. The heart hangs above the head like bait. Soft. Childlike. Dark. Not because it would hurt. But because it promises intensity. The thread connecting it to the body is not violent. It is voluntary. We are not
