This is one of my first paintings I made in Danmark, when I was stuck in my house because of the covid infection.

The vortex represents the anxieties of life in which we are sucked. There are golden cracks in the swirl, representing those moments of serenity that lead to a happy life, represented by a small stylized golden rose in the center of the swirl. Obviously navigating life's journey through the cracks leads to happiness first, but it takes a lot of self-control. We can often fall back into the vortex, but each of us can decide whether to continue our journey through the cracks or let ourselves be sucked into the vortex. To travel the life through the cracks is very difficult and a special ability of a few people. On the other hand attempting to reach a happy life through the vortex gives us the impression of moving quickly, but after one revolution we almost return to the starting point, following a spiral movement that actually takes much longer. For this reason many dies before reaching the full happiness. This means that in order to reach an happy life we have to learn how to walk along the cracks avoiding to be sucked in the vortex of the life's events. To reach this purpose we should be able to control our emotions. 

The second painting I made during the COVID isolation is Classical elements.

This painting represents the classical elements that ancient cultures used to explain the nature and complexity of all matter in terms of simpler substances and cosmology. At the beginning were considered only 4 elements: water, air, earth and fire. Over time, a 5 element began to appear. In Greece, Tibet, and India the 5th element was the void. According to Aristotle, however, a vacuum could not exist, so a substance was "invented" that could not be seen but filled the void: aether. In traditional Chinese medicine, however, the 5 elements are: water, earth, wood, fire and metal. Today, thanks to science, we know that matter is not based on 5 simple elements.

This is inspired to the Salt Church in the Wieliczka's salt mines (Poland), which I visited. I used water based acrylics and the watercolor technique on paper. The structure of the drawing reminds a theatre set. I have chosen this representation because the guide told us about the miners who crafted all the statues and the church itself, so I imagined the place like a set where the miners were the protagonists. Can you imagine? A miner, who is forced to work in a salt mine and doesn't know if he will exit the mine alive, prays to see his wife again. A lord, who profits from the mines, prevents the miners from going back because he is secretly in love with the lady. The tragedy ends with the death of the miner and the pregnant lover who waits him ignoring his fate. It's a good story, right?

This is another character in one of my stories. It is an inhabitant of the ocean depths whose task is to defend the "Queen of the abyss' palace". I don't want to say to much about this character because I don't wont to spoiler everything about the second book. 

I think Nyhavn is one of the nicest areas of Copenhagen because it is lively and colorful. There are many restaurants and cheerful people. I like the cozy atmosphere. In my opinion, all the buildings should be colorful, especially in Copenhagen, which is not famous for its tropical climate. This way you can be happy even on the darkest days. It is not a coincidence that it is a very touristic destination.

One day, while scrolling through Instagram, I suddenly saw a photo of this extremely skinny Asian girl. This photo inspired me to draw, not because of the girl's beauty, but because at that moment I realized that social media has always emphasized an unrealistic idea of ​​beauty that pushes young women to anorexia to look beautiful and gain social approval. I have PCOS and I struggle to lose weight, and this frustrates me. Then I open Instagram and find photos of young skinny girls with tons of followers praising their beauty, advertisements for weight loss programs, personal trainers and "potions" that promise to make you lose weight. Can you imagine the impact of these images on a person who is in a moment of emotional fragility? I think society needs to stop telling people what they should do and how they should look. With this drawing I therefore wanted to criticize the world of social media that promotes this ideology of perfection behind the slogan "It's important to look healthy". This has nothing to do with health. I don't see any promotion of regular medical visits anywhere. This is a "fake health tyranny" that creates mental health problems to profit from the most vulnerable.