Selin

Who are you?

It seems like such a deceptively simple question, doesn’t it?

And yet the answer keeps slipping through your fingers every time.

The teachings left by your ancestors, the shadows whispering what you “should do,” and that inner calling you can’t silence… these three voices always intertwine. The little distractions you cling to in panic are nothing more than excuses you build to quiet the fire.

If the cracks on your lips—born of your own rebellion against not letting yourself go—had a voice, what would they say? Would they sing along with the river flowing inside you?

The little distractions you grasp at aren’t water to put out the fire — they only scatter the smoke. Deep in your eyes there’s a suppressed blaze — the symbol of your freedom and your desire; a passion so raw, so honest, so untamed it would spark at every touch.

Why are you so estranged from simply being yourself?

Fear, running away, shame drenched in guilt…

All of it has only pushed you further from who you are.

But instead of suppressing the essence of your own design,

…ah, if only you would listen!

Honor what is truly you — without guilt. Chaos isn’t your enemy — it’s your initiation.

Look in the mirror: allow yourself to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress at the same time. Celebrate the lightness of your existence… To be is not to craft the perfect plan, but to notice the flow that feels right — and trust it.

Give yourself permission to grow on your own path, at your own pace. Your journey is sacred, even in the midst of chaos.

Inside you is a river, overflowing with the emotions you suppress. Even when you don’t know what to do, you are never diminished. You will not be free by silencing it or escaping it — but by walking with it.

And you will see: the fire hidden in your wild nature does not burn you — it illuminates you.

Nothingness is not the destruction of desire; it is the act of creating it with love.

True power is not in holding the reins… but in realizing the reins were never there at all!

Oil painting on canvas

100 x 100 cm

2025