Created during a period of crisis, Spiral Thinking reflects the exhausting emotional loops that form when fear, uncertainty, and responsibility collide. The repeated circular forms in the eyes suggest thoughts that cannot fully settle—moments replayed over and over while trying to make sense of what is happening in real time.
Despite the bright palette and playful distortion, the piece carries the weight of emotional vigilance. The face feels suspended between overwhelm and endurance, caught in the space where exhaustion and survival begin to blur together.
Within The Space Between Knowing, this work represents the mental spinning that happens before clarity arrives—the season where the mind keeps circling the same questions, hoping stability will eventually return.