{"product_id":"becoming-8","title":"Becoming","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcrylic on paper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e18x24\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis self-portrait lives in that in-between space.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eIt’s about great change.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eAbout resilience.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eAbout trusting the promise of something brighter on the other side — even when I can’t fully see it yet.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eI keep returning to the image of a caterpillar in transformation. How, in order to become something new, its insides must completely liquify — dissolving into what is essentially a soup — before reforming into something with wings.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eThat process isn’t pretty.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eIt isn’t comfortable.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eAnd from the outside, it probably looks like destruction.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eBut it’s not.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eIt’s becoming.\r\u003cbr\u003e\r\u003cbr\u003eAnd so this portrait is a reminder — to myself first — that even when everything feels undone, something is still forming.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bree Mercado","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43800419532903,"sku":null,"price":460.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0063\/3038\/4487\/files\/1_1779762320_22618.png?v=1779762339","url":"https:\/\/helloart.com\/products\/becoming-8","provider":"helloart","version":"1.0","type":"link"}