Quintessence (716)

In the center, a white flash splits the canvas: a breath of light bursting from the heart of the shadow. Around it, colors move, blend, and sometimes clash: deep reds and browns burn at the edges, while greens, yellows, and turquoises advance like waves full of life. Drops of turquoise, carefully placed, set the rhythm—like pulses in space, sparks suspended between fire and water. The texture shifts: sometimes dense and dark, other times light and almost transparent. It seems to breathe. This canvas feels both like it’s holding its breath and expanding, as if it were alive. One can see an exploding star, but also something quietly growing, like a secret birth. Two different births answering each other, one from above, one from below, like the primordial waters mentioned in Genesis. Light passes through this chaos, and after it, perhaps, a new world will begin…