Before I Leave

Framed like a devotional window, the scene stages two stylized figures in luminous blue and saffron, their oversized eyes turning the encounter into an inward act of recognition as much as a meeting. A slender flowering vine rises between them as both divider and conduit—its rhythmic leaves and blossoms stitching their gestures into a shared breath, suggesting love as something cultivated rather than possessed. The flat, emphatic color fields and intricate patterning reject illusionistic depth, yet create a ceremonial space where ornament becomes emotion, and everyday adornment reads as sacred language. Within the enclosing border’s steady pulse, intimacy feels protected, timeless, and quietly cosmological.