This painting is about what happens after the step has been taken.

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The decision has been made. The threshold has been crossed. And now, for the first time, there is space — not yet fully formed, but open and full of possibility.

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Old roles and expectations begin to fall away, and space opens for something new to emerge.

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For me, this was the moment I arrived in Türkiye.  I felt I could finally begin to create a life that was entirely my own. A fresh start. A new beginning.

 

The woman in this painting is open to all of it — face lifted, light flooding in, letting go of everything that no longer serves her and making space for everything that does.

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This is where a life that feels like my own begins to take shape.