The Grounded Flame X

The world behind remains stark—bare trees, unmoved water—but the figure burns quietly with the urgency of living. The red-touched chest is not a symbol but a pulse. Even when blurred, the presence is palpable. “To live is the rarest thing in the world,” wrote Oscar Wilde. Most people exist, that is all.” In this frame, life stretches its limbs, breathes, and opens.