After my Bible this is the my second - to - go book when I feel that I need wisdom in my decisions. I know that there is one type of job that has been despised since the beginning of time: the politician. Although some men have tamed the profession and did egregious things in their exercise of power, some politicians have become like a beacon of wisdom and power long after their death. Abraham Lincoln is one of them. It is not rare to hear among powerful leaders nowadays that they often think: “What would Lincoln do in this situation?”

Have you ever had a moment when you were listening to your favorite tune and feeling like the king/queen of the world? It feels like you are on top of everything and that nothing and nobody could stop you. Music has this powerful effect of submerging us into states which feel almost ecstatic. As soon as that flush of good emotions washes out you are still left with what most of us have to deal with on a daily basis: real life.

The most important thing that we do not want others to know is invisible yet it screams loudly through our behavior and tackling of life : trauma. I think it would be a funny joke to ask a new person this question : I wonder how much trauma do you have and may I kindly ask you to tell me honestly so I could make a fair assessment of how much of that I could handle? Fortunately enough we humans do not interact like this and we often hide our trauma or are even oblivious to it in the first place.

I have visited a wonderful exhibition with sculpted eggs. Imagine the amount of patience needed in order to empty out the content of an egg and handle a special drill in order to create a sculpture in the egg’s shell. I felt very inspired to admire this type of artistry and I was eager to enroll myself in an egg painting workshop. During Easter there is a tradition in my country to decorate eggs. In some rural ares women make truly intricate patterns on the eggs and this is a very ancient form of art: humans have been making art on eggs for a long time. The oldest decorated eggsshells have been discovered in South Africa in Diepkloof Rock Shelter and they were 60000 years old. I wanted to try my skills on the egg and to see how it is to use it as a canvas. I am a very curious human being and you know that I do not shy away from having new experiences under my belt.

They say that the eyes are the window to the soul. I often think of how many things people left unsaid by not using their mouth while speaking volumes through one single look. I once thought that talking things through is communication but as I grew older I realized how very little people talk about while using words. Nonverbal communication is the thing we do the most without even realizing. As I delved into a new experience that I feared a lot I looked into the eyes of a horse and had the epiphany of how little I really communicated genuinely from my heart to others throughout my life.

This painting has been travelling in two countries: I started to work on it during my stay in Denmark and after I returned to my home country. I will admit that I did a bit of procrastination with this one as I have put it aside while starting new paintings. But last month, all of a sudden, I felt an urge to finish it.