“The Beast with a pearl in its heart, bowing its thorny face”

Against a background of undulating textures, the creature inclines its head toward a smaller face, as though trying to shelter it within its own inner space. Its gaze is framed by violet glasses, while beneath it unfolds a black heart branching into sharp points that extend in different directions, like frozen impulses of the unspeakable. At the heart’s left edge rests a pearl - a tiny point of light that does not explain the darkness, but merely lends it another kind of depth. The beast’s right ear is adorned with a burgundy star, while the smaller creature responds with a thorn-covered face and sharp red eyebrows. In this gesture of tenderness, the black heart becomes a kind of refuge, while the thorns are not an obstacle to closeness, but rather its unusual language.