Masquerade (2024) Tekening door Oana Arabagiu

This artwork is a vivid tapestry of color and fantasy, a masquerade landscape alive with whimsy and movement. Two faces are at its heart, enigmatic and adorned with vibrant masks that speak to the art of disguise and celebration. The faces serve as an anchor amidst a swirling carnival of color and life, predominantly characterized by a throng of butterflies.

Each butterfly in this profusion of fluttering wings carries its own palette of colors—purples, oranges, blues, and greens—that mirror the broader hues of the artwork. These delicate creatures dance across the canvas in an orchestrated chaos that touches on the transient and the eternal. Their wings are not just appendages; they are canvases within the canvas, bearing intricate patterns that echo the larger motifs surrounding them.

In this short story, the butterflies are not mere insects but the keepers of dreams and secrets:

Once in a realm where colors are born, the butterflies were colorless, fluttering in the sky with transparent wings. Unseen and unnoticed, they yearned to be part of the world’s beauty. One twilight, during the grand masquerade of the skies, the butterflies whispered to the stars, confessing their deepest desire to wear colors as vibrant as the cosmos.

The stars, moved by their plea, bestowed upon them the colors of the universe—hues of nebulae, the golden sheen of the Milky Way, and the deep purples of the distant cosmos. The butterflies emerged from the twilight, not just as carriers of color but as painters of dreams, casting their newfound beauty across the world with every beat of their wings.

Each time a child or an artist dreams, a butterfly flutters nearby, its wings capturing the essence of that dream. And on the eve of the masquerade, when the world dons its most enchanting hues, the butterflies reveal their true glory, coloring the world with the dreams they’ve guarded—a living mosaic of hopes and reverie.

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