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Subtitle
after darkness, light
Original artwork description
Post tenebras lux is a Latin expression, which literally translates as After Darkness, Light and historically associated with renewal after corruption or suffering. This artwork is a part of the Opus Magnum Collection exploring the concept of searching for the philosophic stone in Alchemy.
Lower background is painted on antique book pages of Goethes letters and Helene von Mühlaus roman in German, representing the history of the old world.
Sky and light are layered with pages from Italian edition of Les misérables by Victor Hugo - the story of victory of love and compassion over hate and violence.
A bride, originally painted as Agathe - main character from Oper Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber carries a story of a young woman whos faith and pure heart makes it unable for a devil to destroy her and posses her soul.
Her body is broken in half, as she is separating from her old state of mind and going through her own evolution of consciousness.
The field behind her is filled with empty lower parts of dresses - old identities left behind.
Old raven symbolizes old world with its old ways and mentality. He has no eyes as he is not able to see or understand the new world. He also symbolizes old dictators still holding to their power in this world.
Dove symbolizes bride herself, the new world, peace, hope and love.
Raising sun behind the bride stands for the new world coming.I genuinely believe that the dark times come to shake the old ways and mentality, to bring the evolution of human consciousness to the new higher level. I also believe that the women who went through inner liberation and discovered their true feminine energy of love will be leading this evolution of consciousness for our world today.
