Claiming Existence

The woman is engaged in a direct and intimate confrontation with life. Her crossed arms suggest both self-protection and inner resistance, while her lifted gaze marks a decisive moment of awareness. This is not an image of surrender, but of affirmation — a quiet yet powerful act of claiming the right to exist, to feel, and to live fully. The intense red background reinforces the emotional tension between vulnerability and self-assertion.In Claiming Existence, the