This work reflects on the slow erosion of the self — not only the body, but the identity we spend our lives constructing. Experience shapes us: every joy, every wound, every error and triumph leaves a mark. Over time, those marks accumulate until what remains is no longer a portrait of who we wanted to be, but a record of who life made us. The figure in this work appears partially formed and partially erased, suspended between presence and disappearance. It is a body, but also an echo — a fading memory rather than a living subject. As the surface oxidizes and shifts, the image continues to age on its own, just as a person does. It’s a reminder that identity is not fixed but in constant decay, and that eventually, the ego dissolves entirely. What endures is only a trace — the shadow we leave in the memory of others. The process mirrors the theme: beginning with a polished copper sheet, I oxidized some parts of it, then I transferred the image and burned it, allowing chemical reactions and time to participate in the creation. The result is not simply a representation of impermanence, but a physical embodiment of it. 50×50 cm Copper plate , oxidation, transfer print. 2025.