In a world that’s losing its humanity, it is the vegetal that begins to embody compassion. These two aren’t heroes — they’re just present. They don’t shout, fight, or impose; they simply hold hands, reminding us that **softness is not weakness, but a survival strategy**.

Relax, We’re from Plants

A minimal image of a woman with a calm gaze, holding a fading memory of bloom. The restrained composition and handcrafted technique evoke a quiet that lingers beyond the frame. This is not a portrait, but a state — a visual pause where all excess has already fallen away.

Madonna of the Withered Roses

A visual allusion to René Magritte’s _The Lovers_, this work was created as an illustration for _The Red Book of Garyk_, reinterpreting the image of intimacy through grotesque and metaphor. The bananas act as adaptive symbols embedded in the book’s narrative, highlighting irony and visual absurdity.

Fruits of Temptation

Analog surrealist photograph, hand-processed print

This work explores the moment of losing control and sovereignty over time. The deformed, surreal shape of the clock emphasizes the collapse of rational time as a construct imposed on consciousness.

Beside it stands a mythological figure — an archetype of wisdom and super-capability. It embodies forces that exist beyond time as a concept, erasing the boundary between cause and effect, and reducing the future to a void.

Through the aesthetics of surrealism and handcrafted analog photography, the piece questions the very paradigm of temporal linearity and challenges the belief that time is something we can govern or fully comprehend.

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