Artwork Gallery – Magazine Issue 2. Connections

Women in red sari
communication, and exchange thoughts
and ideas in our community of artists.
My art is about attentiveness to existence,
about empathy, about the ability to listen and
hear. If a person has mastered the art of listening
to his soul, then the whole world becomes
his teacher and friend, and other images
become mirrors in which a person sees the
reflection of his being, his fears, desires, and
hopes. Perceiving oneself and others as part
of oneself as an element of the world in all
its unity, we begin to see this life with clear
eyes, to understand that we are the carriers
of what our life consists of. This creates a
greater level of responsibility, a higher level
of consciousness, and attentiveness, and life
automatically becomes more interesting!
Did the creativity change after news of a full-scale invasion?
With the start of the full-scale invasion, I just
broke down. And although I was not directly in
the combat zone, the war hit me very painfully
in the heart. I somehow thought that I was
emotionally strong and stress-resistant, but
in reality, I could not cope with this blackness.
All life energy disappeared somewhere in one
moment, and my hands fell. Until February
24, I was engaged in exclusive artificial clothing
and hats, and even had a small store, but
after the start of the big war I could not create
anything, war and glamor are incompatible,
and rhinestones are not sewn on uniforms.
For the whole of March 2022, I can only draw
war. About three months later, I pulled myself
together, sold most of my products, and
donated to our army and those volunteers I
knew personally.
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