Return to the studio: dust, light and the first day back

A purple paint-splattered apron rests on a messy worktable beside pencils, a sketchbook, and paper scraps — the quiet evidence of my return to the studio after a long pause.

After weeks in hospital halls, I finally made it back down the basement stairs to my studio. The dust, the light, even the quiet felt like home. Between the hum of the printer and thoughts of a real meal again, I’m learning how healing can sound like paper shuffling and smell like dinner on the stove.