Tag: letting go

The Grip

Norma sits curled up, holding herself tightly, reflecting on the difference between protecting what matters and holding it too tightly.

What I Carry Forward

Norma walks forward carrying a backpack while an outlined version of her former self remains behind. Text reads, “Not everything that brought me here needs to go where I’m going.”

Onward

Norma walks forward along a winding white path through a black landscape while looking back, illustrating how the past can still matter without determining the direction ahead.

Who I Was

Two versions of Norma pull opposite ends of a rope, representing the tension between who she was and who she is becoming.

Yield

Norma bends gracefully beneath a larger figure, illustrating the strength to adapt without losing herself.

What I Keep

Norma sits thoughtfully on a large book beneath the silhouette of an older figure, reflecting on what she was taught and what she chooses to believe.

Not Yet

Norma stands between two doors labeled “WAS” and “WILL BE,” thinking, “I can be here without knowing what comes next.”

Still, I Choose

Norma looks toward the light while a large shadow labeled Fear follows behind her.

Awakening Heart

Norma watches a frozen heart thaw with warmth and flames, thinking, “I’m ready to feel.”

Widening Circles

Illustration of Norma as a snail traveling along a widening spiral path from light into darkness, with the words, “We circle back, but each turn widens the world.

Holding On

norma holding onto the abstract “it” symbol, clinging with arms and leg

Don’t Measure Up to it

Norma stands barefoot beside a tall measuring-stick version of the abstract “it,” her head bowed as she fails to reach its markings. The quote reads: “Some standards aren’t meant to be met—they’re meant to be questioned.

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