. Trajectory of Perception 1. External Image The trajectory through which the works of the project unfold begins with the image of an external ideal—a form that promises wholeness and perfection, yet lacks inner depth. It is a state of living under an external gaze, where a person perceives themselves through expectations, norms and reflections that speak more about the world than about their own essence. 2. Shifting the Focus Inward Gradually, the works initiate a movement toward inner experience through the body, intimacy, vulnerability, and through the dynamics of connection and separation. This path is not tied to gender as a social category; it belongs to anyone who enters into contact with themselves. The feminine image appears here as a metaphor—a symbol of inner birth, transformation and the formation of a new mode of perception. It is here that the need arises to understand one’s boundaries, one’s nature, one’s “self,” which no longer fits within former definitions. 3. Encounter with the Shadow As inner attention deepens, a person encounters those layers of experience that have long remained outside conscious awareness: early memories, repressed impulses and fragments of experience hidden beneath the surface of everyday life. The visual languages of the participants differ, yet each work becomes a point of encounter with what usually remains unspoken. These encounters open the possibility of gathering fragmented inner parts into a new sense of wholeness. 4. The Archetypal Dimension Some works turn toward archetypal images of the feminine not as personal narratives, but as universal symbols of intuitive knowledge, transformation and inner growth. These images connect individual experience with collective memory, with the structures from which myths, symbols and inner reference points emerge. Within the context of the project, the feminine becomes a metaphor for birth not of the body, but of a new way of perceiving. 5. Presence When inner fragments begin to connect, light emerges—not external, but growing from within. This is a state in which the gaze becomes focused, presence deepens and perception gains coherence. In some works, this transition is expressed with particular clarity: as the awakening of the observer, as an inner radiance, as the return of the ability to see oneself from within. It is a state in which consciousness becomes discernible through embodied presence. 6. The Birth of Wholeness The concluding image of the exhibition is a symbol of the emergence of a new level of consciousness — not as a biological act, but as a metaphor for inner evolution: a state in which lived experiences manifest naturally, without the loss of inner light. It is a moment of wholeness in which a person finds inner support within themselves, allowing perception to remain grounded, clear and present within embodied experience.