Stay connected (2022) Malarstwo autorstwa Nelisa Nela Baždar

In today's world of constant warnings, exclusively to man, about how we endanger the planet and life on it. Every good thing that nature gave us, we managed to cripple ourselves and we still haven't explored everything that the Planet has to offer.
It has become essential to build a building and cut down trees because they are 'in the way'.
How can it bother you when it is life, when we breathe because of it, when it connects us deep below and high above.
In this work, which I have named 'stay connected', I have shown only one tree and its visual significance. I chose the oak tree as my way of representation because it is a symbol of strength, power, wisdom, longevity, firmness of spiritual and material wealth. It is spread all over the world, as is the destruction of nature, unfortunately.
The image is divided into two parts, the upper one is what we see and the lower one is what we do not see or what we are not aware of.
The crown of the tree is shown reduced to geometric shapes, indicating that the emptiness of our carelessness will remain, chasing after the material, worldly, instead of the fruits of the crown, which not only gives us oxygen but also nourishes, cools, supplies us in every sense of the word. Its luxurious branches are also used for playing, bringing together - hence the symbol of an empty swing on which children would gather and rejoice.
Its strong and powerful roots, buried deep under the earth, hide a secret communication and connection that we all benefit from. This 'internet connection' also connects us with what we see above on the surface - mushrooms, grasses, plants and it seems that life travels becomes part of the hot spot zone without having paid the bill for the internet.
Everything has been there for a long time, connected and working perfectly, until one day a small ax breaks all our 'internet connections'.
I believe we are more than an 'axe'. So let's stay connected.