Broken still life.
In a corner of our small gallery, you come across a broken still life. The artwork, shrouded in cracks and tears, hopefully catches your attention. Where others might only see a damaged artwork, I hope you see something else.

 

A soft, golden sheen shines through the cracks, spread across the art cabinet like fragile veins.
These cracks tell stories. Each one is like a scar that remembers an event, an emotion that once cut too deep or a dream that never quite came true. These imperfections add something special. It is as if the soul of the artwork exposes itself, without shame, and in that vulnerability lies a special beauty.

 

I am inspired by this thought. It reminds me how something precious often shines through the cracks in people's souls. It is precisely the scars, the imperfections and the broken pieces that make a person unique. Just like the gold that shines through the cracks of this still life, we can discover an unexpected shine in our own cracks.

 

Perhaps the gold is not the material, but the strength and resilience that comes when we embrace our imperfections. Staring at the work, I am grateful for the lesson I have learned through this broken beauty: it is through our cracks that the gold of our souls
becomes visible.
Helen Hobelman