The Shedding explores shedding as an initiatory process, both spiritual and deeply human. Letting go of an old form in order to allow a new one to emerge becomes a necessary step in an inner journey. The figure’s enlarged eyes evoke a heightened state of awareness, as if opening onto a different perception of the world. The work suggests a moment of inner transformation, in which an old form of the self falls away, making space for a new way of being in the world.