"Memories of an Empty Day" (2022-ongoing) is a photographic exploration of the subtle, yet profound, shifts within the mother-child relationship during the transition into adolescence. This project is not an observation of an "empty nest" in its traditional sense of loss, but rather a chronicle of the fertile void that emerges as independence grows.

Through a visual language that oscillates between the stillness of the everyday and the dissolution of memory, the series dwells in those solitary moments where a previously unknown quietude settles into daily life. Household objects appear with a static sharpness, reflecting the silence of a home that now breathes at a different pace. In contrast, my walks through nature manifest through multiple exposures and blurring, symbolizing a mental state in expansion and an identity that blurs in order to be rediscovered.

Philosophically, this work draws on concepts from Heidegger and Zen Buddhism, embracing the transient nature of things and the necessity of "letting things simply be". My process incorporates David Le Breton’s ideas on the Praise of Walking; these solitary excursions are not merely searches for visual subjects, but essential acts of self-rediscovery.

The resulting images are a quiet testimony to the act of finding breath within absence. This emptying of the self is not a lack, but a container for new possibilities; a promise of light in the space left behind.