A timeless theme in religious art is God reaching down to lift humanity toward the divine. It echoes through countless works, from soaring cathedrals and sacred temples to richly woven tapestries. I pursued this idea from another direction: this man aches for enlightenment, yet remains fiercely tethered to the world he knows. The divine—something vast and beyond flesh—strains to draw him away, toward a purpose known only to itself, while the Earth clings to him with equal force, refusing to let him go and summoning every power it possesses to keep him in its embrace.
- Medium: Pen, ink & marker
