Jammed

""Will power and the wall"

When movement is no longer an option, what’s our recourse? 

Jammed examines resilience when life feels unmovable and the paradox of being held in place by the very thing meant to heal.

The IV line, coiled and central, stands in as an entrapment—where movement is halted, not by choice, but by necessity.

When movement fails us, do we sit in the stillness—or reach for something else to feel alive again?

  • Jammed is a visual halt. After cycles of survival and attempted resolution, the image reveals the inevitable breakdown—an impasse. The tangled IV tubing and flushed red tones evoke urgency and exhaustion, yet there’s no clear way forward. Here, hope meets friction.

    This piece is less about chaos and more about the moment just before surrender. The tension is not explosive—it’s tight, compressed, weary. And in that stillness, the question isn’t what to do next—but what’s left to trust when nothing seems to work?

  • The Israelites came to the Red Sea—trapped between a raging enemy and an impossible crossing. Jammed mirrors that moment. You’ve tried your way, exhausted every resource. This is where striving ends and in stillness begins.

    Scripture:

    “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
    —Exodus 14:14

    Reflection Question:
    When every effort fails, do I believe God is still working on my behalf—or do I reach again for control?

Jammed