This artwork, created with acrylics on canvas and layered with epoxy, uses alcohol inks to enhance the vibrancy of the glowing shroud, mirroring the star's final brilliance. This phenomenon reflects a balance between nuclear fusion's outward pressure and gravity's inward pull, paralleling our own struggles between societal expectations and inner authenticity. Cadwell 109, the dying star, sheds its layers creating a captivating gas shell that surrounds the central star . This piece symbolizes the beauty of astrophysics and the ongoing quest for self-realization and harmony in a contradictory world.