Holding Time
In Holding Time, a glass vase brimming with dried hydrangeas rests upon a stack of old books, beside an unlit candle. The hydrangeas, long past their bloom, retain a haunting beauty, their faded petals echoing the quiet dignity of the aged books beneath them. These books, now largely replaced by digital forms, serve as relics of a simpler, slower past, objects of knowledge, touch, heritage, and memory. Together, the books and flowers form a poignant meditation on endurance and obsolescence: both aged, both precious, both still capable of holding beauty. The restrained, warm palette and softened background lend the piece a contemplative stillness. Holding Time is both elegy and celebration; a recognition that even as time passes and forms fade, there remains grace in what endures.