Longing

A nude woman is presented in a waist-up portrait. Her clasped arms express tension and inner sorrow. The gaze, directed to the side, avoids direct contact with the viewer and encloses the image within a space of personal experience. The figure exists not as a narrative or action, but as a state — compressed, unresolved, without escape. Emotion is not displayed but held, transforming into a dense, almost tangible presence.