When I began this painting, I only had one simple feeling in my heart: the serenity that comes from joy that moment when you close your eyes and surrender yourself to the flow of life. I chose the color blue so it could stream through her hair like a river, carrying the words along with it, as if the letters had become part of her being. I drew the soft lines of her face with care, but let the watercolor find its own way in her neck and hair, because joy never follows boundaries.
I felt that this girl in the painting had turned into a wordless song. That’s why I named it