Take Me Home

The piece came from one specific moment: on a flight back home, looking out the window while the plane was still over Europe, still far from home. Before she could even see the country, Pauline felt an overwhelming excitement, seeing her parents again, being back with her family, and she started drawing right there. The plane and the sky hold that anticipation. The flowers at the center are the ones she always sees on her grandmother's balcony and in front of their building, the ones her father used to water every week, small details that instantly mean home to her. The hearts surrounding the piece stand for the love and the bond of family, a reminder, she says, that home is never only a place. It's the people who give the place its meaning. Without them, she says, the journey back would never carry the same weight.