The Ferrymen of Souls

There are places that reveal themselves only to attentive and initiated souls. Places where light does not give itself at once, but hides in the folds of shadow, like a treasure jealous of its own truth. The cave is one of them. From the outside, it seems a simple shelter, mute rock, petrified silence. But whoever dares to enter discovers something else: a living sanctuary, sculpted by the flames of the invisible. The walls blaze with unexpected reflections, as though the stone itself bore the memory of the primordial Fire. Veils of light unfold there in fiery draperies, concealing and revealing at once a secret older than the world. For the cave is not a prison of rock: it is a womb. It cradles within its depths the seeds of dawn. And its mystery is not darkness, but promise. Whoever lingers there hears a voiceless murmur: “Do not fear your shadows. They are the cradle of your light.” Thus, the secret of the cave is not hidden from men: it is hidden within them. In the depths of their being, where colors, visions, and stars are born. And so this painting becomes a passage: an invitation to descend into oneself, to discover that darkness is never an enemy, but the genesis of a greater radiance.