The Tethered Flame

A copper figure sits anchored to stone, its body woven from restless strands that seem both fragile and unbreakable. Around it, a dark cord coils like a thought that will not loosen, stretching outward to a blackened mass suspended beside it — part shadow, part memory, part burden. The Tethered Flame speaks of the weight we carry outside ourselves: grief, desire, fear, or longing given form. It is a body caught between rising and surrender, glowing quietly even as the darkness pulls.