and still choose to shine.

Despite its universal, eternal theme – the frailty of human life – this is an intensely personal painting. The tired-looking, strangely passive seated woman is a portrait of Lucrezia, Salvator's mistress and the mother of Rosalvo. The child, his wrist clasped by Death, represents the artist's dead son. The ring of pale roses around the mother's head is probably an allusion to the family name. Salvator's own initials appear at the very bottom of the canvas, on the blade of the knife, a death symbol, the ruthless steel that has severed his family from him.

Human Fragility (c. 1656) by Salvator Rosa.

Salvator Rosa - Human Fragility, 17th c.

By Salvator Rosa

"Even three aces can lose to blind bets. IndiGo’s fine shows aviation’s fragility—passion colliding with destiny. My book The Spark in the Sky explores why dignity is the ultimate currency."

always dreaming, for a day less excruciating, just buying time, til something better comes around, not knowing if it'll ever reach, that glimmer, brightens the abyss, for only a short span, til it fades once again, reaching hands high, that for longer than a breadth, ill taste the sweet embrace, of another, holding tightly, not knowing when It'll be, fleeting as I always see

I can really feel the pain while reading your work. You write very nicely, it's as if you want your readers not only to know what you've been through, but also for them to personally feel it all, the pain and the sorrow. I hope you're much better now! :) remember, you only deserve the best. I can be your friend and if you need anything, feel free to ask. xoxo