2025-Drawing-BAFA-RukayaSalumAli-Springle-realm fragment A Story for When Your Shadow Begins to Speak

A self-portrait in essence, depicting a figure standing nude before a large, ornate mirror in an otherworldly forest. Her body is of earth, marked by a bubble-braid hairstyle in orange and cream, and large, fluorescent pink Zanzibari ear gauges. Her reflection, however, is a shetani of living fire. The fiery entity has five glowing eyes, fiery horns on its head and shoulders, porcupine-like spines of flame along its back, and an overbite of sharp teeth with curling, blue-flame tusks. The two beings—earth and fire—lock gazes in a silent, profound confrontation.

2025-Drawing-BAFA-RukayaSalumAli-Springle-realm fragment A Story for When Your Shadow Begins to Speak