I have always wondered what would happen if the worlds inside my paintings suddenly came to life. In Awakenings, everything begins in darkness. Little by little, shapes, buildings, objects and characters appear, gathering around a glowing center until an entire world is revealed. All the elements come from my original painting, and I animated them manually without using AI. For me, animation is a way of continuing the painting: giving its characters time to move, letting its scenes unfold, and discovering what might happen beyond the still image.