Lanterns Toward the Moon

Description

A woman stands on a cracked stone ledge with a lantern at her hip and a basket, candle, and roses left behind near her feet. Across the river, a castle rises beyond an arched bridge while paper lanterns drift upward toward the moon. The scene feels suspended between release and departure. She may have sent the lights upward herself, or she may be watching a ritual already underway. Either way, her lifted hand creates one last connection before they move beyond reach. The artwork gives visual form to a familiar experience: letting something go while still following it with your eyes, hoping distance changes it without erasing what it meant.