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The water around feels endless, yet calm, holding them in a moment that seems untouched by time. From the blue, an orca approaches, slow, effortless, its presence vast but gentle, to greet the little girl who once dreamt of a moment such

The orca reaches out, and the distance between little girl and giant disappears into something simple and unspoken. Light filters through the water above, soft and distant, as if this moment exists somewhere just outside the waking world.

For a brief second, it feels like something magical, impossible to the eyes, but with a quiet certainty, it happens. As if the ocean had been holding it all along, waiting for the moment it could be felt

Manta Afterglow, oils on canvas