This work explores the tension between the immersive awe of nature and the curated, digitized experience of it. As technology increasingly mediates our lives, we become passive observers rather than participants, consuming life through screens while losing direct connection to the living systems that sustain us. The cables tethering the figure to the screen evoke a sense of captivity—suggesting not just dependence, but a form of domestication.

The painting invites reflection on how this disconnection enables environmental degradation: what we no longer see, we no longer protect. Yet the lushness of the forest offers a quiet hope—reminding us that reconnection remains possible, if we are willing to turn our gaze outward, and re-join the world we belong to.

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