In "Connexion," Ashley C. Tagliero explores the blurred boundary between the real and the artificial in an age of rapid digital change. Using a reductive drawing technique, she begins with a charcoal-covered surface, revealing only what remains-hands emerging from darkness through the delicate act of erasure. The work blends personal photographs, stock imagery, and AI-generated visuals, prompting viewers to question which hands are rooted in human experience and which belong to an artificial realm. Subtle distortions of proportion echo the tension between authenticity and simulation. By incorporating AI, Tagliero exposes the friction between speed and intimacy, technology and touch. Through each removed layer of charcoal, her work asks: where does reality end and the digital begin? What do we value more-the process or the product? In peeling back these layers, Tagliero redefines the meaning of creation itself.