Warm Water & Shadow Work | 20 x 16 | Medium | Framed Canvas Print
Photography (2014) and Digital Design (2020) by James Dominic Malone
Jamaica & New York
The night was electric.
Lightning cracked across the water, but no one ran. The locals stayed in — chest-deep, unbothered — as the sky lit up and the water began to warm.
This piece was born in that moment. A memory of awe and quiet courage. A reminder that healing isn’t always peaceful — sometimes it’s charged, chaotic, and still worth staying in.
James Dominic captured the original photo in 2014, during a leap-of-faith season. Years later, in 2020 — a year marked by grief, transformation, and return — he layered it with textures and spirit drawn from another chapter of his life in New York.
Warm Waters, Shadow Work is a portrait of that tension.
A fusion of two timelines — the moment of stepping into faith, and the moment of being held by it.
It’s an ode to the ones who wade in and don’t flinch.
The ones who stay long enough in the storm to become still.
The ones who understand that warmth doesn’t always mean safety, and fear doesn’t always mean stop.
This is the quiet labor of healing —
working in the shadows of one’s life, in peace.
Photography (2014) and Digital Design (2020) by James Dominic Malone
Jamaica & New York
The night was electric.
Lightning cracked across the water, but no one ran. The locals stayed in — chest-deep, unbothered — as the sky lit up and the water began to warm.
This piece was born in that moment. A memory of awe and quiet courage. A reminder that healing isn’t always peaceful — sometimes it’s charged, chaotic, and still worth staying in.
James Dominic captured the original photo in 2014, during a leap-of-faith season. Years later, in 2020 — a year marked by grief, transformation, and return — he layered it with textures and spirit drawn from another chapter of his life in New York.
Warm Waters, Shadow Work is a portrait of that tension.
A fusion of two timelines — the moment of stepping into faith, and the moment of being held by it.
It’s an ode to the ones who wade in and don’t flinch.
The ones who stay long enough in the storm to become still.
The ones who understand that warmth doesn’t always mean safety, and fear doesn’t always mean stop.
This is the quiet labor of healing —
working in the shadows of one’s life, in peace.
Photography (2014) and Digital Design (2020) by James Dominic Malone
Jamaica & New York
The night was electric.
Lightning cracked across the water, but no one ran. The locals stayed in — chest-deep, unbothered — as the sky lit up and the water began to warm.
This piece was born in that moment. A memory of awe and quiet courage. A reminder that healing isn’t always peaceful — sometimes it’s charged, chaotic, and still worth staying in.
James Dominic captured the original photo in 2014, during a leap-of-faith season. Years later, in 2020 — a year marked by grief, transformation, and return — he layered it with textures and spirit drawn from another chapter of his life in New York.
Warm Waters, Shadow Work is a portrait of that tension.
A fusion of two timelines — the moment of stepping into faith, and the moment of being held by it.
It’s an ode to the ones who wade in and don’t flinch.
The ones who stay long enough in the storm to become still.
The ones who understand that warmth doesn’t always mean safety, and fear doesn’t always mean stop.
This is the quiet labor of healing —
working in the shadows of one’s life, in peace.