"Veil of Calm" is a meditation on the quiet strength of softness — a reminder that serenity is not the absence of emotion, but its gentle transformation. In this work, I explore the delicate layers of blue that fall like a silk curtain over inner turbulence, diffusing what was once sharp into something profoundly tender. This painting is not about silence as withdrawal, but as shelter. Throughout my life — particularly in the years defined by leadership, urgency, and decision — calm was often mistaken for passivity. But through abstraction, I began to understand calm differently: not as retreat, but as power held quietly. Veil of Calm holds that truth. Blue is my language of surrender. Layer by layer, I soften the world until it becomes safe to feel again. In this composition, there is no need for resolution. No push, no conflict — only the slow descent into stillness. A veil does not conceal; it gently protects. It asks the viewer to stay, to rest, to breathe. Because peace is not discovered — it is allowed. Enjoy! Sonia J.