This piece reflects the feeling of being controlled by forces larger than ourselves, like a puppet on strings. In today’s world, so much of who we are and how we act feels shaped by things outside our control social media, online trends, constant streams of global crises. What once felt like individuality can now feel like influence, pulled in different directions by invisible hands. The red strings symbolize that quiet but powerful manipulation the ways we’re guided, persuaded, or pressured without even realizing it. It’s not just about control, but about the tension between freedom and dependence, between who we want to be and who the world pushes us to become. This image is a reminder to question those forces, to recognize the strings before they tighten too much. It asks viewers to think about where their choices truly come from, and how we might reclaim a sense of agency in a world that constantly tries to pull it away.
