The Eternal Bough

This ink drawing centers an ancient, thick-trunked tree whose sprawling limbs torque across the page like a lived history refusing containment, turning the white ground into a charged silence. Dense crosshatching and stippled sky build a tactile atmosphere, where the weight of shadow in the bark contrasts with the airy lattice of branches, suggesting endurance held in perpetual motion. The composition reads as both portrait and map—roots implied, crown expanded—inviting a meditation on resilience, memory, and the way time etches itself into form.