Still Reacting
Still Reacting is a portrait of a mind that has already understood too much — and yet continues to respond as if understanding could still change something. The plant doesn’t grow toward light; it grows out of habit. The eyes don’t search; they monitor. The small insects around it aren’t a threat as much as a constant background signal: the noise of attention that never fully switches off.
This work is about the moment after meanings collapse — when nothing dramatic happens, but the body keeps producing reactions anyway. Like an old reflex: interpret, defend, explain, repeat. Not because it’s true. Because it doesn’t know another way yet.
The vase becomes a container for consciousness: fragile, stubborn, slightly absurd. It looks alive, but not peaceful. It’s the kind of life that continues not through purpose, but through momentum — until the system learns silence, or a new language for being.
This work is about the moment after meanings collapse — when nothing dramatic happens, but the body keeps producing reactions anyway. Like an old reflex: interpret, defend, explain, repeat. Not because it’s true. Because it doesn’t know another way yet.
The vase becomes a container for consciousness: fragile, stubborn, slightly absurd. It looks alive, but not peaceful. It’s the kind of life that continues not through purpose, but through momentum — until the system learns silence, or a new language for being.
50x70 cm; acrylic, canvas on stretcher; 2025
1 700$