Summer represents the return to living.

After diagnosis and treatment, recovery can bring its own complex emotions. The body may carry scars. Confidence may need rebuilding. Life may not simply return to what it was before, and perhaps we no longer want it to.

There can instead be a new appreciation for the ordinary: sunlight, movement, laughter, friendship, family and simply waking to another day.

The warmer ochres, glowing oranges, sunny yellow and touches of red in this painting bring energy and warmth. Where Winter withdrew, Summer expands. There is connection, movement and life.

Summer is not about forgetting what happened. It is about recognising what we have travelled through and allowing ourselves to live fully again, not because life is guaranteed, but because we understand more deeply that it is precious.

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