Inner Calm
Inner Calm
Hand-cut collage with typewritten text
Vintage paper, mixed media
Fine art Giclee print on high quality art paper
[prints available to purchase from Wall To Wall Gallery, Nelson,
or send a message via the contact page to discuss shipping]
Inner Calm explores the practice of emotional boundary-setting as a form of self-preservation.
The phrase “not my circus, not my monkeys” operates as a quiet declaration rather than a dismissal. It signals discernment: the choice to witness chaos without absorbing it, to recognise what does not belong to you, and to step back without guilt. The work reframes calm not as withdrawal, but as an active, self-aware stance.
Constructed through meticulous hand-cutting and layering of vintage imagery, Inner Calm balances stillness with movement, humour with resolve. The piece affirms inner peace not as something found by escaping the world, but by choosing—again and again—where one’s attention, energy, and care are placed.