Risa Brooke Oze
What the Heart Knows · 2025
Vibrant · Playful · Whimsical · Energetic
This piece carries layers — both physical and emotional. It explores the anatomy of the body as the figure opens her chest in a heart-opener yoga pose, revealing the tension between vulnerability and strength. The imperfect lines, slightly off dimensions, and exposed muscles mirror the rawness of being human — the uneven path of healing and becoming.
Despite it all, she opens. Surrounded by color that extends beyond her form, she exists between the seen and the felt. Small codes and markings woven throughout the composition hint at the stories within her — the quiet truths of emotion, energy, and transformation. In the end, she is a reflection of the natural world: a reminder that humanity and nature share one pulse — everything is energy.