Gemotions

Ava loved to walk along the beach in the early morning, when the sand was cool and the sun hadn't yet fully woken up. The sound of the waves, the vastness of the ocean, the cries of the gulls - they all washed away the worries of the day. She felt weightless in that moment.

She’d been feeling creatively blocked, her ideas stagnating. The ocean seemed to revive her.

She had been showing her work online for years. One day, a friend sent her a photo. A stranger had chosen her artwork to mark their skin. She stared at the image, her breath catching. The design, now permanent. She felt a deep sense of contentment.