"The Jump"
What if the balance between silence and power isn’t a contradiction—but the very essence of perception?
The woman in the image is still. Her eyes are closed—not from weakness, but from deep inner focus. Her face is traced with fine cracks, like a map of silent transformations, shaped by experiences that never needed words. And then—something enters the stillness: a praying mantis.
A creature that embodies both calm and precision, stillness and sudden motion. It rests on her skin so lightly it could go unnoticed, yet within its fragile body lies a coiled force—like breath before a jump, intuition before a decision.
The mantis has always been a symbol of inner vision, of still strength. It waits. It conserves. And when the moment is right—it acts.
Maybe it’s here to remind her—and us—that awareness isn’t enough on its own. True intuition means not just sensing… but daring to move.
The Mantis questions for your contemplation and reflection:
- Is there something inside you that’s been slowly building, waiting to emerge—but hasn’t? Is it uncertainty holding you back? Or fear of not being received?
- You can feel and sense. But—are you willing to act when the moment arrives? Where in your body do you feel that edge between holding and leaping?
- What might it feel like to move right here, right now—leaving fear behind and stepping into freedom in your body?