MEMENTO MORI: "Remember that you are mortal." Each lit candle is a reminder of the passing of time, not to fear finitude, but to embrace ephemerality with courage. May this new year be an invitation to live with purpose, to cultivate what is eternal in the heart and to dance with transience, for it is in the awareness of death that life gains depth. And it is with this thought that I will begin the month of my birthday… #art