Drifting through a feast for the senses, she was breathless with wonder. But as she stepped into the garden, she couldn't shake the feeling that something was coming - a shift, a change, something that would alter the course of her life forever. Still, she marveled at the delicate beauty of each bloom, recognizing that their lives were fleeting but nonetheless filled with a vibrant energy that was all their own. In this place of ephemeral beauty, she learned to embrace each moment with gratitude and joy, knowing that her life too was precious and meant to be savored, even as she waited with bated breath for the next chapter. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - RA - 012 is the twelfth, and the genesis, of my artistic evolution and metamorphosis in fusing my traditional art techniques of abstraction with summery tropicoastal leisure aesthetics with my joy of digital collage mixing landscape, still life, figurative, and portraiture. Concepted with Ai, collaged and overpainted in Ps.