This drawing began in early spring, 2019—

a time when my inner world was violently unsettled.

Unlike the submerged emotions buried in black ink,

this work trembled through color.

Its vibrations were erratic,

scattered like fragments.

I drew this red surface

not with “consciousness,”

but with the memory of the body.

Through 16 layers built one upon another,

time, emotion, and the trace of irretrievable days

were embedded between the colors.

Subsequent drawings sought to lift forgotten emotional fragments

back to the surface—through color.