Ruins Beneath the Stars

Personal Project - 2024

Inspired by Percy Bysshe Shelley's Ozymandias, I reimagined its themes against the backdrop of a distant desert planet, once home to a long-lost civilization. The poem’s meditation on the impermanence of power felt especially relevant in light of our current geopolitical and domestic struggles—the illusion of control, the pursuit of dominance, and the inevitable erosion of all that once seemed unshakable. Time moves forward, indifferent to human ambition, reminding us that no empire, no ruler, and no creation endures forever.