Portrait of Pairs VII

An orange, cut open: a circle of vitality, emotion, and outward expression. The avocado, with its single seed at the core, mirrors it: a vessel of stillness, introspection, and depth.

Each fruit reflects the other; one bearing many seeds, one protecting only one, like dual selves in conversation: the public and the private, the voice and the echo, the seen and the felt.

In Yoruba reflection: “Ọ̀ràn inú là ń fi mọ̀ ènìyàn.” - It is through the inner world that one truly knows a person.

The orange glows with the outer life, but the avocado’s single seed whispers the hidden truth: we are mirrors to ourselves before we are mirrors to others.