Pulled between two worlds, the person and persona. A self divided, torn between the reflective surface and the undertow of authenticity. Harmony is found where two become one, when we swim with the current of our identity, not against it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - RA - 008 is the eighth, and the genesis, of my artistic evolution and metamorphosis in fusing my traditional art techniques of abstraction with summery tropicoastal leisure aesthetics with my joy of digital collage mixing landscape, still life, figurative, and portraiture. Concepted with Ai, collaged and overpainted in Ps.