The summer of 2020 arrived in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, after months of terrifying stillness.
At first, the isolation felt heavy and difficult to endure. But slowly, I began to see it differently. Time, for once, was abundant. And that, in itself, was a gift.
I found myself drawn to abandoned spaces, places where time had left its own quiet mark.I wandered through forgotten rooms, where dust had settled like a memory, where peeling paint whispered stories no one had stayed to hear.
I thought I was searching for beauty, for something to restore. But in the work that emerged,I see it now—what I was really searching for was myself.
“Back to Life” is a series that reflects my emotional state at the time and the need to create an alternate reality where mystery and magic exist in a timeless space.
Looking back, I see it for what it was: an attempt to bring life not just to forgotten places, but to the spaces within me that had gone silent.
