Maïa

Maïa - The hidden source

Title of the work: Maïa (Diptych with Dyarra)

Format: 150 cm / 120 cm

Work number: UnYk 254

Date of creation: April 2025

Technique: Acrylic, memory matter, handcrafted texture, natural noble pigments, chameleon pigments

Beneath soft, almost whispered tones, this piece reveals an underground strength.

Like a hidden spring flowing beneath the earth, it speaks of what nourishes in silence, from the visible.

It invites us to go deeper, to listen to what cannot be seen yet gives life.

A reminder that the greatest transformations are born in the invisible, before emerging into the light.

Maïa embodies the hidden source within each of us.A quiet force, often buried by wounds, silence, or time.

This work is an invitation to recognize that source,

to heal what must be healed,

to go inward before seeking outward.

Because what is hidden is not absent — it is preparing.

Within our project, this piece reflects a fundamental truth:

every human being carries a source of life, dignity, and potential. But for it to emerge, it must first be protected, nurtured, and restored.

Maïa speaks of that moment when the invisible begins to rise, when the inner work allows the source to flow again — free, alive, and unstoppable.