This series of images began with a simple question: Why does the same message reach us deeply at one moment, yet pass through us almost unnoticed at another? In physics, phase describes the position of a wave within a repeating cycle. Two waves can move together, reinforce one another, and become stronger. They can also arrive out of alignment and partially cancel each other. I began to wonder whether meaning might behave in a similar way. A word, an image, a gesture, or a me