Like a child lost in a vast forest, I set out with a heart brimming with innocent wonder. Through winding paths, I was enchanted by the world around me—people with fleeting smiles and shadowed souls, moving like ghosts in the interplay of light and shade. Wild, free animals, their eyes gleaming with the forest’s secrets, darted through the underbrush. Every sound, every fleeting form, held me spellbound. I reached a shimmering spring, its surface a mirror to my soul. In its depths, I saw myself—not merely the child I was, but a tapestry woven from every step, every glance, every heartbeat of the forest, and the soft, trembling memory of my first kiss, which both killed me and brought me to life. These memories are part of my very being, memories that, like a dagger, pierce my heart yet illuminate my soul. Physical and digital painting, PSD 4000*4000 pix 300dpi