EXCAVATIO

The first stage is the archaeology of memory. You descend deep — to where the version of you that you buried under layers of expectations, others' demands, and 'correct' decisions remains.

Here you find forgotten memories — moments when you were yourself. When you painted because you wanted to. When you sang in the shower without shame. When you ran not for the result, but for the wind.

You remember how you wanted to do what you truly liked — but someone said 'that's not serious', 'you can't live on that', 'be realistic'. And you listened. And hid yourself.