Rubedo – Becoming Whole
There are seasons in life when everything that once felt solid begins to dissolve — the things we knew, the people we loved, even the way we saw ourselves.

Traveling, moving between worlds, between silence and noise, between the known and the unknown — I found that transformation rarely feels beautiful while you’re in it. It’s messy. It’s raw.

It strips you of everything unnecessary until you’re forced to meet yourself again, honestly, quietly.

Rubedo represents that moment after the burning — the soft reawakening that follows destruction. It’s the stage of alchemy when the fragments of who you are begin to reunite, not as they were before, but stronger, warmer, more real. The gold in this piece is a reminder that healing is not about returning to what was, but about becoming whole in a new way.