While The World Burns

Through a single window, a raging fire consumes the outside world — an inferno of chaos, color, and destruction. Yet within this intimate space, A woman remains composed, almost serene, her body arranged with the quiet elegance that society demands. The juxtaposition is haunting: while the world burns beyond her walls, she is still expected to be beautiful, poised, and unknowable — the embodiment of calm amid collapse. The painting reflects the impossible balance women are asked to hold: to tend to appearance while everything else falls apart, to remain a mystery even as the world demands their endurance.