Before the Altar of Two Forces

She walks barefoot across the stone floor of the temple. In front of her — two altars: one to Kali, the goddess of transformation; the other to Lakshmi, goddess of prosperity and harmony. She does not choose between them. She prays to both. Because true feminine power is not only light, but shadow too. Not only the ability to give life, but also the strength to destroy everything that no longer serves love. In her gaze, calm and tension at once. She knows: to blossom, sometimes you must burn. This painting is about balance. About embracing opposites within. About an intimate conversation with the goddesses that live inside each of us.