Wholesome Respect Lonesome Being

**Wholesome Respect Lonesome Being;** Being sensitive aware of your surroundings, experiencing awe and wonder, can make it a challenge to relate and connect others. This artwork is created by Lexa [Lexa Portrait Art](https://lexaportraitart.com) as a co-creation with poet of Susana Rinderle. [Artist Susana Rinderle](https://artist.susanarinderle.com/2025/04/01/captivity/) I was guided by her poem **In Captivity (7 verses)**. It is an interesting process to let yourself be guided by someone else poetic lyrics. I work intuitively, letting the words sink in deeply until a feeling emerges that can be depicted. A felt sense, as it were, matched by movement, color, and shape. I try to capture the essence of an experience in an image. In this poem, I was touched by the intense connection with nature, the love and determination, and simultaneously and in contrast, the loneliness, the search for connection, the self-doubt, and finding a way through it. The interconnectedness of everything