(A visual reflection on dismantling the self to rebuild anew)

Late at night, an ordinary construction site becomes something else captured through long exposure, its harsh edges dissolve into soft, surreal hues of turquoise light. The resulting image blurs the lines between physical reality and the imagination, transforming a space of labor into one of inner revelation.

This is not just a building site. It is a metaphor for the self.

Each of us carries internal frameworks beliefs, inherited thoughts, and subconscious patterns built by family, culture, and past experience. At first, these structures provide form and meaning. But over time, they can become outdated, limiting, or even suffocating. We find ourselves looping in the same patterns, hitting the same walls.

Transformation begins with demolition. Just as a crumbling structure must be torn down to make room for something new, so too must the parts of us that no longer serve our growth be dismantled. Only then can we consciously reconstruct our inner architecture layer by layer, with intention, integrity, and autonomy.

This piece echoes ideas found in the work of thinkers like Dr. Joe Dispenza, who explores how breaking the habit of being yourself is essential to becoming someone new. It also channels the timeless notion: “To become your future self, you must let the old self die.”

Reconstruction invites the viewer to ask:
What must be taken apart in order to begin again?
And do you have the courage to demolish the familiar in service of something greater?

Destruction & Creation

Destruction & Creation,oil on canvas,90x110 cm,2024