Blank Verse is a visual inquiry into the human need to understand, not as a process leading to resolution, but as an ongoing state of being. The photographs approach knowledge as something perpetually unfinished, an open dialogue between what we see and what we intuit. Inspired by the uneasy emotions that arise from our inability to truly comprehend or perceive others, or even ourselves, the work moves through portraits and quiet scenes, tracing the shifting nature of perception and the realization that understanding often arrives only as a whisper, unsure whether it will be heard. Maybe photography ceases to at least serve as proof; it becomes a reflective space where the distance between seeing and experiencing turns into a field of encounter. Within this field, Blank Verse observes how thought touches and shapes the immaterial and how the inner motion of awareness, whatever meaning it may hold, leaves traces of light in the outer world. From the edge of perceiving inner phenomena to questioning the position of the observer, the work investigates the invisible connections that link feelings to images; a silent flow of telepathic reflections, magnetic pulls, and fleeting illuminations that briefly reveal the uncertain, along with the attempt to accept it.

All images ©Maria Siorba