A sorrowful self-portrait is presented in Crysalis, with drooping eyes of the subject and melancholy mixed with self-reproach. The painting depicts the artist’s fighting against being trapped in a cocoon of creative captivity for many years. Sadness and hope, guilt and redemption are summed up by the title as a kind of metaphorical transformation. Each stroke of brush bears witness to the artist’s frustration over delayed coming forth and her deep desire for freedom. Thus, “Crysalis” tenderly evokes that fragile but defiant shift from artistic bondage into liberation where genuine creative freedom slowly begins its blossoming.