Self-Held and offer a small opening

and offer a small opening for reflection

Even as it sinks into the unbroken shadows

so you can easily reframe it later if you prefer a different style

evoking the sensation of drifting memories or fragments of a voice lingering in space

Self-Held and offer a small openingHer eyes are closed,a hand resting against half of her face. The gesture can be read in two waysas if she is pressing down,or as if she is holding herself together. The form remains the same,yet its meaning shifts. Though the composition is divided,its center of gravity does not collapse. A single point of contact sustains the balance of the whole. Her closed gaze withdraws from the outside world,while the touch turns inward. It is neither strength