This painting is about what happens when two people meet each other without armor. The skeletons represent what remains when we strip away performance, fear, and protection: just two nervous systems, two histories, standing honestly in the same space. Between them, a glowing heart forms not as something owned, but something created together.

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The radiance of the two skeletons (one glowing yellow, the other blue) represents two distinct energies meeting in the same space. Where they overlap, they become green, mirroring the squares inside the heart and symbolizing what is created when two beings truly connect. This color blending isn’t accidental; it reflects how love is not something taken from one another, but something formed between.

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Beneath the heart, subtle traces of the underpainting remain visible (leaves, plants, and fragments of animals) woven into the background. These hidden images are a reminder that nothing exists alone and that all living beings are part of the same web of connection. Even beneath our stories and our differences, we are rooted in something shared, something alive. Even in our bones, even in our grief, we are still held by that shared life and love.