36”(W) x 24”(H), Mixed Media Collage on Canvas
I kept thinking that memories never return as complete images. They always arrive in fragments—a certain texture, a faint light, or the outline of a structure that no longer exists in reality but still remains somewhere inside me.
Time slowly blurs the boundaries between events. Now, I can no longer recall a specific year or a particular moment in isolation. What outlives the facts is nothing but emotion.
Maybe this painting is another form of a diary. A diary that does not rely on language. A record that leaves behind an atmosphere, instead of explaining what was there.
Strangely, the realization that I did not need to make the memory complete brought me a sense of consolation.