She Showed Up - Above the Line Series

All that red. All that fire. And this tiny bellbird just... showed up anyway. Perched right in the middle of it, completely unbothered by the enormity of what surrounds her.

Because that's what above the line looks like sometimes. Not armour. Not grand gestures. Just the quiet decision to show up as yourself, fully, in the middle of everything that's trying to make you smaller.

She's not performing courage. She's just here. In the fire. Exactly as she is.

There's something quietly radical about that. Not shrinking. Not waiting until conditions are perfect or the room feels safer or someone gives her permission. Just showing up, tiny and lit, and letting that be completely enough.

She's small. She's fierce. She chose the higher path. And she made it look effortless.

This mixed-media painting is 22x28 inches.