THE ART OF NOT LEAVING
On a train platform as a high-speed train blurs past. A suitcase, upright and untouched, sits by aside. The scene is loaded with anticipation—yet nothing moves. Not chasing, not boarding, no rushing. Fully present as the world hurtles by.
The image evokes questions of choice, readiness, and agency. It captures that charged space between decision and indecision, between the pressure to move and the power of staying still. The train, a classic symbol of progress, escape, or arrival, becomes mere background noise to the figure’s radical stillness.
The fabric is vivid, emotional, unmissable, it acts again as a container of memory and identity. It protects and reveals at once. In contrast to the cold steel and speed of the station, the fabric softens time, offering a moment of breath.
Part of The Beautiful Weight of Being, this piece is a meditation on resisting momentum for its own sake. What happens when we don’t board the train? When we choose to witness rather than chase? It honors the power of pause in a world obsessed with departure.
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Printed on matte archival paper. Print is signed and printed with a 1.5" white border for framing. Frame is not included. Limited edition prints are numbered. Print is rolled and packed in tube packaging. All sales are final.
Larger images 30x40 and up are editions of 5
The sizing after 20x30 changes the size of the edition.
16x20 editions of 50
20x30 editions of 25
30x40 and larger editions of 3 +2 AP