In times of upheaval, we may feel ourselves swept into a vortex of change beyond our control. Sawsan Shorbajee presents destruction and renewal not as successive moments, but as colliding forces, simultaneously unfolding and intertwining.
While chaos gathers at the centre, Sawsan reminds us that kindness, courage and compassion are counterforces — quieter perhaps, but no less consequential — that neither entirely overcomes the other.
In the context of On Guard for Thee…, this work asks us to consider what remains ours to protect when the familiar order gives way — and whether hope itself may be something worth guarding.
