THE LONGING

Acrylic
50 x 60 cm


This work explores the distortion that emerges when identity becomes entangled with attachment.

The fragmented face and exaggerated features reflect the internal shift that occurs when we cling to something — a person, a desire, an idea — believing it will define us or make us whole. In the act of holding on, the self begins to warp. Expression becomes tension. Presence becomes dependency.

The bold yellow background suggests intensity and urgency, while the raw black lines reveal the friction between who we are and who we become when we attach our sense of self to something external.

Rather than condemning longing, the piece exposes its paradox: what we grasp in order to feel complete can slowly distort us. Detachment, then, is not loss — it is realignment. A return to one’s own form. A reclaiming of identity without external anchors.