Human-headed winged bulls were protective genies called shedu or lamassu, and were placed as guardians at certain gates or doorways of the city and the palace. Symbols combining man, bull, and bird, they offered protection against enemies. Louvre Museum...Paris, France

What does it mean to depart without dying? Four Ways to Leave the Body is a quiet meditation on presence, perception, and personal thresholds. A ghost glides between trees—perhaps memory, perhaps myth. A figure in shadow lingers in a doorway, caught between the warmth of the sun and the gravity of abandonment. Another walks into the dappled hush of a forest clearing, her oversized hat like a moon pulled close. And finally, the surreal—skin traded for translucent moss and mineral, a face swallowed in sculpture, as if nature itself has begun to dream in human form. These are not disappearances. They are transfigurations.

Artist Process:

This four-panel composition was constructed to explore psychological and metaphysical exit points—each vignette offering a different visual language. Desaturation and motion blur evoke haunting in the first frame; chiaroscuro in the second speaks to hesitation and thresholds. The third frame shifts to narrative surrealism through lighting and pastoral tone, while the final panel embraces high-concept texture and materiality, turning the face into a living sculpture. Together, the panels form a nonlinear story—each piece distinct, yet bound by the shared silence of transformation.

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