Shimmer dwells in intervals. The lotus here is held mid-becoming, neither fully bud nor fully bloomed, suspended within a quiet field of gold. The surface carries a gentle vibration - light shifting across the leaf, pigment settling into patterned ground - so that the image feels less fixed than breathed into being.

Gold leaf functions as more than a backdrop; it establishes a radiant atmosphere in which form can hover. Against this ground, the lotus unfolds through subtle tonal shifts, its petals registering both presence and reflection. The patterned expanse surrounding it does not frame the flower so much as extend its rhythm, allowing the image to circulate outward rather than resolve inward.

Gupta’s reflection - between the bud and the flower, between breath going in and out - finds visual form here as a space of attentiveness. Shimmer holds that in-between as a place of quiet inhabitation, where perception slows and the act of seeing aligns with the gentle pulse of becoming.