Who do we appear to be? Marta Jabłońska turns our attention to the fragile thresholds of appearance – the moments when the self hesitates, resists, or chooses to reveal itself. In a world that constantly demands exposure, she asks what it means to step back, to soften one’s outline, and to move within the delicate choreography of boundaries.

Boundaries are not walls but membranes – thin, permeable surfaces through which perception passes. These in-between spaces, neither fully open nor fully closed, hold the quiet tension familiar to those learning to navigate their own emotional terrain. Gestures, both expansive and restrained, trace the ongoing negotiation between inner and outer worlds. Invisibility here is not disappearance but resistance – a conscious act of shaping one’s presence.

Shadows fold into textures, perspectives shift, and proximity becomes uncertain. This slow adjustment mirrors the experience of stepping into an unfamiliar room – when the body searches for balance and the mind begins to find comfort in what once felt foreign. Trust grows not from certainty but from surrendering to the unknown.

Appearance emerges not as a fixed state but as a spectrum – a gesture shaped by desire, fear, and circumstance. To be seen or not to be becomes a meditation on how presence is constructed: how we sculpt our outlines, dissolve them, and reappear in new forms in relation to others.

Separation is not isolation, boundaries are not barriers, and openness becomes an act of profound agency. Jabłońska invites us to linger in that liminal space – to feel the quiet pulse of existence unfolding between seeing and being seen.