Straining Theme_Abstract The branch emerged from a

The branch emerged from a majestic

suggesting the daily struggles and fundamental concerns that overshadow larger aspirations

and intensity

It is truly a poem of ecstasy that is lived and breathed

apocalypse

Straining Theme_Abstract The branch emerged from aIn Straining, terracotta dwarf figures are compressed and embedded within piles of bricks. The use of bricks as a metaphor for workers adds a powerful layer of meaning to the installation. Bricks, fundamental to construction yet individually overlooked, represent the laborers and lower classes who are essential to building and sustaining society but are often treated as anonymous, replaceable parts of a larger structure. Each brick symbolizes the