A man stands in a gallery, staring at an empty frame. Beside it hang two frames: one of a child holding a balloon - innocent, unburdened, full of dreams - and another of a defiant man, full of resistance & fire. The viewer is caught between these selves, unsure which one defines him or if either still does.
“What Have I Become?” is an introspection on identity in motion. It asks: When you strip away the nostalgia & armour, what remains? Are we ever one thing or only a collection of what we’ve been and what we’ve had to be?
The empty frame isn't just blank - it’s a space for reckoning. It holds the tension between who we were, who we became to survive, and who we might still become if we dared to choose. In life, we often revisit our past with nostalgia or regret, and face the present with defiance or exhaustion. What next? This piece invites you into that liminal space - not with answers, but with the silent invitation to evolve.
The empty frame is not just a portrait, but a mirror.
