Born 1984. Painting.
But … covid came and it turned out that we are not ready, having such huge achievements, to resist this challenge.
Shapoval Yuriy
It so happened that 2020 was a period of difficult trials for me and a period of creative take-off at the same time.
The arrival of the covid virus in Ukraine coincided with the onset of severe depression in me. These were new sensations that I had never experienced. I slept, stopped sleeping, I lost my appetite, I was tormented by panic attacks and fears, against this background, gastritis worsened. It was very bad for two weeks, then I started to struggle with it.
I realized that everything is not accidental and I can use this experience to help people who are going through this.
Later, I was able to find words of encouragement for people who were sick with covid and were very worried.
During the quarantine, invitations came to participate in various projects on the topic of life in a pandemic, I accepted the invitation and worked on these topics. I believe that humanity will not forget the period of the pandemic and learn to resist this challenge.
To live fully today, you need an understanding of the processes of tomorrow. This is the only way to feel protected. Humanity has always strived for security. Fortification walls were built, weapons were invented for protection, the level of science and medicine allows carrying out complex operations, developing powerful drugs that can save lives.
People lived in a relaxed manner and for the most part were confident in the future. But … covid came and it turned out that we are not ready, having such huge achievements, to resist this challenge. When death passes from the category of something distant and unreal to the category of ordinary and near, people realizing that medicine is simply not able to fully cope with this, they begin to remember a higher power, about a creator, about God, in whose hands the life and death of people. The people of Israel, when leaving Egypt, walked behind the pillar of the cloud in which God was (Bible, book: Exodus 13:21) And they reached …
These are my thoughts on the topic: How to move on after a pandemic. The people depicted on the canvas are looking for familiar things, in this case water, so that you can continue to swim on the boat, usually waving oars. But maybe you need to change something drastically, look for other ways, because swimming as before will not work out for sure. Maybe you need to look at the sky and see a balloon in which someone is already flying.? …
Art project #365daysafter