The _Axis of Becoming_ refers to a central origin around which transformation continously unfolds.

At the center is the chrome atom, a modern symbol of energy, intelligence, and technology. The core from which everything radiates and a structure where the outer world mirrors and moves in relation to what lies within, like the planetary logic of orbit. Two sculptural women metamorphose around it, embodying the divine feminine: a creative force that shapes and contains power rather than dominates.

The computer-constructed grill sits over the mouth, a site of speech, identity, and authority. Here, technology becomes both ornament and interface, reflecting how contemporary technological systems mediate, filter, and standardise voice. The grill gestures toward luxury that also restricts, translating human expression through systems not built equally for all.

Water flows as memory and origin, sand marks time and erosion, and white architectural forms suggest order and civilisation. Light weaves through the scene, linking the ancient and futuristic, the bodily and technological, in a shared cycle of becoming.

Axis of Becoming

Transformation and otherness is reflected through the idea of existing between worlds. Metamorphosis reflects a state of becoming, between humanity and technology, the physical and the spiritual as well as the known and the imagined.

At the centre stands a solitary female figure, rendered as a chrome hybrid of body and machine. She embodies transition as both relic and future.

Drawing on Afrofuturist thought and ideas of parallel realities, the image imagines a world where spiritual and technological evolution coexist. The surrounding landscape feels suspended between dream and reality where time as we understand it does not necessarily exist, and invites you to reflect on identity, consciousness, and the unseen forces shaping who we are becoming.

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