This work holds the way a teenager looks at the world,
no longer innocent, not yet guarded.
Everything is felt at full strength,
as if light, emotion and meaning arrive all at once.
There is awareness here, and still a fierce openness.
The world is not new,
but it is experienced without distance,
without the ability, or desire, to soften its impact.
Hello Sunshine speaks of that in-between gaze:
where wonder meets self-consciousness,
where brightness can overwhelm
yet is welcomed anyway.
It is about standing in the light,
knowing it may reveal too much,
and choosing presence
over retreat.
