A meditation on movement, memory, and transformation, It will come to me later (2025) invites viewers into an intuitive, dream-like headspace—where symbols blur, thoughts spiral, and clarity emerges in flashes. Portland-based artist and muralist Bee Daniel uses poetic visual language to evoke the feeling of driving with the windows down, shifting between reflection and revelation, solitude and shared experience. The piece hums with the energy of arrival and departure, of processing one phase while preparing for the next.
The artist describes the piece through poetry:
“Some sort of thought sits like a blurry apple in a dark room. A window casts a light and there’s a mental clearing, even for some small moment // the focus sharpens slightly as movement is applied. This action doubles/triples and you let it drive itself while you get the aux.
Vibe is up, windows are down but it’s quick to change like my Karl says ‘from chill to thrill’ and yet the pitfalls are needed, the humility and doubt are integral and humbling.
Experimentation and softness of solitary nights / spinning a kettle around in one’s mind to see all sides gives a ground.
Mistakes continue and it’s real that ‘there’s always something’ but there are tools to cope and you use them.
The groove is synched and cruise control is on but just like that it’s over. You’ve arrived at your destination
Stare, sit, smile and strain to snap back to life back to reality and enjoy it alone or with others.
The apple is gone but the seed remains; a reminder of one process and the beginning of another.”
That seed—like much of the artist’s work—grows from lived experience, spiritual practice, and a deep archive of imagery collected from dreams, conversations, and everyday life. Mural, painting, airbrushed t-shirt, tattoo—all are vessels for her repeating symbolic language and filtered emotional truths.
This mural is located at 286 Charles Street, Providence, RI 02904, and is part of the Ripples Project, a public art initiative led by The Avenue Concept in partnership with the City of Providence Office of Mayor Brett Smiley and the Department of Art, Culture + Tourism.
A frequent visitor to Providence since her first tour in 2011, the artist’s deep roots in the city’s DIY art and music scenes—spaces like Dirt Palace, Atlantic Mills, and Building 16—continue to influence her practice and connect her to a creative community she calls “blessing and inspiration.”
