I sometimes think our best work comes when we have the least amount of time to overthink it.
In relative silence, I've watched your work over the years, and it has been such a joy to watch your art mature. I truly think this is one of your best, not because the 'work' is so good or the technique is so fine, but because you 'got it'; your art gifted us with two lives' emotions and fears and even the hidden dreams. And after you dared us to ignore them, you made us 'get it' until we felt every last piece of what you wanted to convey.