Drawing by Lana Korolievskaia

Here is another one of my idyllic graphics, expressing harmony and peace, which have received the status of deficient states, which are not characteristic for the nervous and aggressive era of world chaos. The unity of the environment, expressed by thickets of fragrant garden flowers and its inhabitants, fluttering butterflies is nostalgia for the bygone era of relative peace, embellished in our days due to the excessive drama of modernity. Creativity itself is a conscious escapism - getaway from unfriendly reality into imaginary worlds. The more aggressive the world around us becomes, the more we value kindness and positivity, the more peaceful art becomes, protesting against unpleasant things. When there is nowhere to run and someone is in an existential impasse, there is nothing else left. Those who find such art overly cloying simply have not been on the brink of despair and are not able to appreciate the full charm of the feeling of safety and calm. An artist who depicts something harsh and evil, justifying himself by having the courage to depict the truth of life, in fact, simply has not experienced the depths of hopelessness into which some of us have dived.