The body is not separate from the earth. It is soil, water, and stone—shaped by the same forces that raise mountains and unfurl petals. In this work, roots climb and weave through a human silhouette, tracing the memory of that shared origin. Flesh of the Earth, Bloom of the Soul is a hymn to that memory: flesh as fertile ground, soul as a blossom rising. Its textured surface evokes strata of soil and seasons of decay and renewal, reminding us that our becoming is inseparable from the earth’s own cycles of loss and growth. This piece invites viewers to stand before it as one living body among many—to sense the reciprocity of breath between human and landscape, to feel that we are kin, continually shaping and sustaining one another.