"RITE OF STILLNESS" PORTRAYS A LIMINAL SCENE WHERE DESIRE, DECAY, AND TRANSFORMATION INTERSECT. A RECLINING FEMININE FIGURE APPEARS AMIDST A FIERY ENVIRONMENT, FRAMED BY ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS SUGGESTING A PASSAGE. SURROUNDING SYMBOLS, INCLUDING FIGURES AND SKULLS, HINT AT LIFE CYCLES, MEMORY, AND MORTALITY. THE CONTRAST OF WARM AND COOL TONES REFLECTS THE TENSION BETWEEN CHAOS AND ORDER, EXPLORING THE TRANSITION BETWEEN PLEASURE AND LOSS, CREATION AND DISSOLUTION, AND FLESH AND SPIRIT.
