This is a self-portrait of sorts that serves as a deeply personal visual autobiography. The work depicts a fire within that to glows just beneath the skin’s surface, symbolising both strength and transformation. There is also an introspection and spiritual reckoning — a meditation on repentance, vulnerability, and the complexities of the human condition.



I carry a flame no wind can shake,

Lit by hands no eyes can see —

It burns in silence, breath by breath,

A whisper lit by eternity.


It does not blaze to boast or blind,

But glows where shadows softly creep.

It warms my doubts,
it guides my steps,

And guards the soul I vow to keep.

Digital painting by Eva Eller

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