Holding Fire

Holding Fire explores the quiet strength it takes to carry passion, pain, and possibility without surrendering to them. The unfinished lines suggest that we are always becoming, while the vibrant collage above tells the story of a life already rich with experience, memory, and resilience. Behind her, a field of crimson pulses with energy—not as destruction, but as the steady fire of conviction. She does not extinguish it. She holds it, allowing it to illuminate rather than consume.