Fire flies

By @ai.shapeshifter

Painting & Graphic Design

This piece contemplates the truth that we are often both the architects of our own fires and the ones who must quell them. Our emotions, our fears, our unchecked desires are all easy to be lighted up. We strike the sparks ourselves, sometimes knowingly, sometimes not. And yet, we are also our own firemen, tasked with understanding the blazes we have begun, learning to soothe what we have inflamed.

“Fire flies” invites into a self-awareness moment: a reminder that our vulnerability is matched only by our infinite ability to heal. It humbles and empowers at once, showing that the greatest flames often come not from our exterior, but from within.