"Inner Fire"

This painting was born from the meeting point between silence and ignition, the moment when something inside can no longer stay quiet, when the inner flame begins to ask for space. It is not a fire of destruction but of life, of passion to touch, to influence, to create, to express a true voice that longs to be heard in the world.

While painting, I felt how each layer carried that same deep desire for expression, the need to breathe my truth into color. The cool blues represent the parts of us that learned to stay calm, to hide, to adapt. The reds, oranges and soft pinks are the awakening, the inner call to move, to break free, to allow what is alive to rise and shine.

It is the fire within the creator, a quiet flame that gradually becomes language, art and movement. Sometimes it hides until a small spark reignites it and reminds us who we really are. Not who we thought we needed to be but our simple, raw, authentic self that longs to be expressed.

This fire lives within each of us. At times it is buried beneath layers of fear, doubt and the need to please, yet it never truly goes out. It waits for us to stop fearing its intensity and to realize it is here to illuminate, not to burn.

The painting is an invitation to remember that inner fire, to give it space, to nurture it and to remind ourselves that self-expression is not a luxury but a way of life.