DelawareUniversity of Delaware During my time in college, I majored in Art and minored in English—two fields that satisfied both my passion for visual creation and my deep love of literature and poetry. Among the many poets I studied, William Butler Yeats stood out. His work made a lasting impression on me. Yeats’ poetry is rich with symbolism and layered themes—bird imagery, mysticism, spiritualism, war, love, and nature. Many of his lines feel hauntingly relevant today, despite having been written in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Recently, I returned to his work, beginning with The Second Coming. That poem, particularly the following lines, became the seed for this series: “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.” In this body of work, I allowed myself to deeply explore the emotional weight of Yeats’ poetry, letting it move through me and shape the visual expression that emerged. Each piece is titled with an excerpt from his writing, echoing the themes and tone reflected in the art.