A ping pong ball and twisted tissue paper - simple materials transformed through intentional camera movement into a haunting echo of the human spine. The vertical alignment evokes vertebrae, specifically 'L1 through L5', the final lumbar segments that bear the weight of our upright lives. The tissue paper, delicate yet fibrous, suggests cartilage - those soft buffers that prevent inflammation and allow for movement. Its tendrils hint at radiating nerves, the unseen conduits of sensation and pain. The image becomes a meditation on support and vulnerability, on the tension between structure and softness. In this abstraction, the spine is not just anatomical - it’s symbolic. A column of resilience, fraying at the edges. The materials speak to the fragility of the body, the elegance of its design, and the quiet drama of its decay. What holds us up may also be what wears us down.