My body of work for this exhibition is about flowers: how they bloom, fade, and come back again. I see them as a mirror of our own cycles: growing roots, losing petals, starting over. The paintings connect to my Vanitas series, where beauty, time, and belonging cross. Like the flowers on my Berlin balcony, these pieces are small acts of survival. Sometimes , for instance, they ask for water but get coffee grounds instead, surrounded by the cooing of chatty pigeons. Still, they bloom, stubborn, imperfect, and alive, just like the rest of us.