Highlights — conceptual photo art

A white flower becomes a quiet symbol of peace, while two hands suggest friendship, love, acceptance, and compassion. Rather than depicting peace through familiar symbols, I reflect on the small human gestures through which peace might actually begin: making room for difference, choosing understanding over suspicion, and reaching toward one another with kindness. At a time when the world feels increasingly divided, the work is a reminder that peace can begin with something as simple as two holding hands.

A child stands before a living wall of sea anemones at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, seemingly absorbed in a small underwater universe. But the intricate patterns of marine life evoke something much larger: the recurring structures that connect nature, mathematics, and the cosmos. Inspired tangentially by the ancient idea of Anima Mundi, this reflection considers our relationship with the natural world and the possibility that observation is itself a form of participation.