Photographer: Declan Franey​

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Stemming from a desire to confront adversity and learn how to breathe in the midst of drowning, I created a creature built for survival in suffocation. It exists in the shadows, emerging only when the pressure becomes unbearable.

Not everything that seems unfamiliar is meant to harm. If we resist the instinct to judge at first glance and instead choose to understand, we may discover that the very thing we feared is capable of guiding us through the depths.