Resilience

The plot of this work was formed in my head for months, each element was combined with the other, like layers of mother-of-pearl that gradually lie on top of each other, forming a pearl of perception. And yes, that is why the pearl is the key element in this painting.
Since ancient times, in many ancient cultures and religions, the pearl has been a symbol of purity, of the soul living in the human body (like a pearl in a shell). For me, it is a symbol of life itself, of everything that is truly valuable in it, of those feelings, impressions, events and memories that, from childhood onwards, year after year, form faith, and I do not mean religious faith, but inner faith, which is different for everyone. That is why this little pearl can withstand many trials. It seems so fragile, but even the point of the sharpest dagger will not break it as long as you feel it.
It is the dagger that reproduces the pressure point, the desire to split, forcing doubt. It symbolises danger and cunning.
The book is its guide. It contains many millennial truths, future experience and new knowledge. They are useful and dangerous at the same time, so its contents are transformed into a snake, which is a symbol of wisdom.
However, if you betray yourself, if you stop resisting external threats, then the book of life, with all its secrets of alchemical transformations, will poison you and never open again, leaving you trapped between a dagger aimed at your chest and that huge brick burden made of pain and loss, defeat and regret, despair and despair. A brick that has been pressing for a long time, threatening to pierce the chest of someone who is unable to fight.
Hovering over this overwhelmingly heavy and dangerous structure is a spider, the embodiment of childhood fears.
Resilience is not only the ability to withstand challenges, it is also the ability to protect and fight for what is truly valuable. For me, this concept is equivalent to motherhood. Unconditional love, tenderness, and kindness to a child.
For me, as a mother, resilience has a special meaning. Because no one can go through more trials than a mother for the sake of her children, starting from their birth and every day after that, as long as her own heart beats.