LEAVING THE OLD WORLD BEHIND

LEAVING THE OLD WORLD BEHIND

 Size - A3 Acid free paper / Paper weight - 250GSM

Leaving the Old World Behind explores the moment when continuation is no longer possible.

It reflects a collective realisation — that the systems, beliefs, and structures we inherited have become fractured beyond repair. Not through sudden collapse, but through slow erosion. Through overuse. Through neglect. Through denial.

The work does not depict destruction itself, but the quiet decision that follows it.

A departure.

Human presence is implied rather than defined, dissolving into abstraction as certainty fades. What remains is movement — forward, upward, away — toward something unseen, but necessary. Nature is not positioned as a destination, but as the silent constant beneath the chaos, enduring while humanity searches for escape.

This piece is about leaving not out of hope, nor fear, but necessity.

When staying is no longer an option, flight becomes instinct.

A meditation on displacement, consequence, and the uneasy act of letting go.

PLEASE NOTE *Frame not included*