Artist Statement:

She followed the light because she was told it would save her.

“The Lanterns Did Not Lead Her Home” explores false promises and ceremonial illusions. The red figure walks through a hall of reverence but what is it honoring? The path before her is not sacred it’s a mirrored echo of her own unraveling.

I wanted to question the aesthetics of tradition: how ritual can sometimes serve as distraction, how beauty can obscure the absence of belonging.

This is not a celebration. It’s a corridor of memory masquerading as purpose.

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